ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,020, issued on July 1, was assigned to IPEX TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Mississauga, Canada).
"Outlet box" was invented by Tianyuan Yang (Milton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outlet box comprises a box body and a lid. The box body defines an internal space and has a lid opening permitting access to the internal space. The lid is releasably attachable to the lid opening of the body in a closed configuration, which prevents access to the internal space, and releasably attachable to an external retaining tab of the body in an open configuration, which permits access to the internal space through the lid opening. An attaching mechanism...