Electrical connector junction for carpeted floor

Claim 1

Electrical junction means on a carpeted floor for first and second flat cables which extend along said floor and underneath the carpeting means on said floor, said cables having first and second multi-compact electrical connectors on their ends, each of said connectors having a mating side and a rearward side, said cables extending to said rearward sides, said junction means comprising: a base frame member comprising a flat sheet metal base plate disposed on said floor, said base plate having upwardly extending sidewalls extending from two opposite edges thereof, said sidewalls having flanges extending inwardly from their upper edges toward each other and parallel to said base plate, each of said sidewalls having mounting ears extending inwardly from its vertically extending side edges, said connectors extending between, and being secured to, said mounting ears in back-to-back relationship with said mating sides facing in opposite directions and away from each other, said cables extending from said rearward sides of said connectors and being reversely flexed, said cables extending across said floor away from said base frame member, said carpeting having a first slit therein and having at each end of said first slit additional slits extending normally of said first slit in opposite directions, said first slit and said additional slits forming an opening in said carpeting and a pair of flaps on opposite sides edges of said opening, said sidewalls extending through said opening, said flaps extending upwardly from said floor and being supported on said flanges, a cover member extending over said flaps, said cover member having depending cover sidewalls, fastening means extending through said cover member and into said flanges, said fastening means serving to clamp said cover member against said flaps and to clamp the free edges of said cover sidewalls against portions of said carpeting which are adjacent to said base frame member.