Patent · US Expired

Vandal-proof plumbing valve access box

US4167196A · kind A · utility

96Cited by
11References
7Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateOct 21, 1977
Grant dateSep 11, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 21, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/698
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A rectangular vandal-proof plumbing valve access box for housing at least one plumbing valve therein and for containing same within the wall of a building, including an access cover facing the user-occupied side of the wall with security bolts anchoring the cover to the access box and having a lip extending over the wall about the access box, the box further having a pair of re-inforced rims thereabout with valve locating notches located about one of the rims of the access box.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.