ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,803, issued on April 22, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Weatherproof pop-up electrical device enclosures" was invented by Joseph Nicholas Cretella (Ansonia, Conn.) and Felix Omar Perez (Hagerstown, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical device enclosure is provided that includes an electrical device; a telescoping support member having the electrical device supported thereon; an electrical device region, the telescoping support member being configured to move the electrical device into a stored position in a first space defined in the electrical device region and to move the electrical device into a deployed...