Granted Patent B1

US 7,077,156 · App. 11/188,990 · Granted Jul 18, 2006

Abstract

Claims (7)

1. A valve box comprising:

a housing having a cylindrical side wall leading from a front edge bordering a circular front opening to rounded circular shoulder joined to a flat back wall, said front edge and back wall being arranged in parallel front and rear planes;

first mounting tabs projecting laterally and horizontally from said side wall in a first intermediate plane located between and parallel to said front and rear planes, said first mounting tabs having apertures therein for receiving first fasteners;

ledges extending rearwardly from said first mounting tabs to said rear plane;

second mounting tabs joining said ledges and projecting laterally and vertically from said side wall, said second mounting tabs defining sleeves for receiving second fasteners; and

a circular cover detachably mounted on said housing at said front opening, said cover having a cylindrical skirt received in said side wall and an annular rim projecting radially from said front ledge.

2. The valve box of claim 1 wherein the sleeve of one of said second tabs is tangent to said side wall at a location spaced rearwardly from said first intermediate plane, and wherein the passage of the other of said second mounting tabs is tangent to said rounded circular shoulder at a location spaced forwardly of said rear plane.

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