US Patent Issued to Reliance Worldwide on Sept. 15 for "Fixture outlet box" (California, Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,876, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Reliance Worldwide Corp. (Atlanta).

"Fixture outlet box" was invented by James Cosley (Ramona, Calif.), Virgil O'Neil (San Diego) and Dennis Hart (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outlet box assembly includes a base and a connection assembly. The base defines a base through-hole. The connection assembly is configured to attach to the base through the base through-hole and includes a connector and an adapter. The connector includes a connector body. The connector body includes an inner surface that defines a passage with one or more internal threads positioned along the inner surfa...