ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,105, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Power post assembly with removable receptacle housing" was invented by Victor Beristany (South Bend, Ind.), Krzysztof Korcz (Granger, Ind.) and Krishna Patel (Granger, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outdoor mounting assembly for an electrical device includes a post having a hollow body with an upper end and a lower end. A receptacle housing is removably connected to the upper end of the post. The receptacle housing has a top and a plurality of side walls defining an interior cavity. At least one of the side walls has an opening. A receptacle mounting stru...