A kit and method for preventing theft of wires interconnected within a pull box includes a steel cover plate having a downwardly protruding cup which has a central perforation in its base that receives the upstanding shank of a J-bolt anchored in concrete poured into a bore made in the floor of a pi
A kit and method for preventing theft of wires interconnected within a pull box includes a steel cover plate having a downwardly protruding cup which has a central perforation in its base that receives the upstanding shank of a J-bolt anchored in concrete poured into a bore made in the floor of a pit holding the pull box. A template plate inserted into the open upper end of the pullbox has a central hole which receives the shank of the J-bolt while the concrete is hardening to maintain the pull box centered on the J-bolt, removed after the concrete has hardened, and replaced by the cover plate which is secured in place by tightening an oval external cross-section security nut onto the upper surface of the cup base plate using a novel socket wrench.
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1. A method for thwarting access to electrical wires interconnected within an electrical junction box enclosure buried in the ground to thereby protect against theft of wire from the enclosure, said method comprising the steps of: a. forming a bore hole downward into a surface of the ground on which
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A method for thwarting access to electrical wires interconnected within an electrical junction box enclosure buried in the ground to thereby protect against theft of wire from the enclosure, said method comprising the steps of: a. forming a bore hole downward into a surface of the ground on which a shell of a junction box enclosure rests,b. inserting an elongated J-bolt downward into said bore hole, said J-bolt having at a lower end thereof a laterally outwardly disposed anchor leg and an elongated straight shank which depends perpendicularly upwards from a laterally inwardly located end of said anchor leg,c. pouring semi-liquid concrete into the interior of said enclosure and into said bore hole,d. placing a horizontally disposed cover lid on an upper surface of said enclosure, said cover id having disposed therethrough an aperture which receives an upper threaded end of said shank of said J-bolt, ande. threadingly tightening a first internally threaded member onto said upper threaded end of said shank of said J-bolt and onto an upper facing surface of said cover lid, said first internally threaded member having a convex, arcuately curved oval transverse cross-sectional shape. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said external transverse cross-sectional shape of said internally threaded member is further defined as being elliptical. 3. A modification kit for upgrading pull box-type electrical junction boxes to thwart access to electrical wires interconnected within the interior space of a shell of a pull-box type electrical junction box, said kit including a cover lid comprising; a. a plate having an outline shape and size approximately that of the upper transverse cross-sectional outline of a pull box shell,b. a cylindrically-shaped cup which protrudes downwardly from a lower surface of said plate at a central location thereof, said cup having an open upper end which is aligned with a bore disposed perpendicularly through the center of said plate, said cup having a disk-shaped lower end plate penetrated through its thickness dimension by a centrally located aperture which is coaxial with said bore through said plate, andc. an internally threaded fastener which has an external transverse cross-sectional plane that has no more than two longitudinally disposed planes of symmetry, said fastener having an internally threaded bore for threadably receiving the upstanding threaded shank of a J-bolt received upwardly through said aperture through said lower end plate of said cup, and threadably tightenable downward on said J-bolt shank onto the upper surface of said lower end plate to thereby fix the position of said enclosure cover lid relative to said J-bolt, andd. a template for maintaining a central vertical axis of said pull box enclosure shell aligned with the longitudinal axis of the upstanding shank of a J-bolt, the lower end of which J-bolt is contained in solidifying concrete filling a bore hole which extends into the ground from the base floor of a pit in which said shell is being placed, said template comprising a plate having an outline shape corresponding to that of an upper entrance opening into said enclosure shell, an outline size less than that of said opening and greater than that of a lid support ledge protruding from the inner peripheral wall surface of the entrance shell, said template having through its thickness dimension a centrally located hole for receiving the upstanding shank of a J-bolt. 4. The kit of claim 3 wherein said template has a central web in which said centrally located hole is located, a first pair of laterally spaced apart apertures located on opposite sides of said central web, and a first pair of laterally spaced apart outer webs located on outer sides of said laterally opposed apertures. 5. The kit of claim 4 wherein said central web section is recessed below outer edge sections of said template. 6. The kit of claim 3 wherein said external transverse cross-sectional shape of said internally threaded fastener is further defined as being oval. 7. The kit of claim 6 further including a tool for tightening and loosening said oval cross-section fastener, said tool comprising an elongated cylindrical body having in an upper transverse end wall thereof a blind recess for receiving the drive stud of a wrench, and extending upwardly from a lower transverse end wall thereof a coaxial centrally located clearance bore for receiving the shank of a J-bolt, and a shorter, larger diameter oval cross-section bore for insertably receiving the body of a flat, oval cross-section nut. 8. The kit of claim 6 further including a second internally threaded fastener tightenable onto said threaded shank of said J-bolt, said second internally threaded fastener having no more than one longitudinally disposed symmetry plane. 9. The method of claim 6 wherein said external cross-sectional shape is further defined as bing elliptical. 10. The kit of claim 9 wherein the transverse cross-sectional shape of said second internally threaded fastener is further defined as being pentagonal. 11. The kit of claim 10 further including a tool for tightening and loosening said oval cross-section fastener, said tool comprising an elongated cylindrical body having in an upper transverse end wall thereof a blind recess for receiving the drive stud of a wrench, and extending upwardly from a lower transverse end wall thereof a coaxial centrally located clearance bore for receiving the shank of a J-bolt, and a shorter, larger diameter oval cross-section bore for insertably receiving the body of a flat, oval cross-section nut. 12. A method for thwarting access to electrical wires interconnected within an electrical junction box enclosure buried in the ground to thereby protect against theft of wire from the enclosure, said method comprising the steps of: a. forming a bore hole downward into a surface of the ground on which a shell of a junction box enclosure rests,b. inserting an elongated J-bolt downward into said bore hole, said J-bolt having at a lower end thereof a laterally outwardly disposed anchor leg and an elongated straight shank which depends perpendicularly upwards from a laterally inwardly located end of said anchor leg,c. pouring semi-liquid concrete into the interior of said enclosure and into said bore hole,d. placing a horizontally disposed cover lid on an upper surface of said enclosure, said cover id having disposed therethrough an aperture which receives an upper threaded end of said shank of said J-bolt,e. threadingly tightening a first internally threaded member onto said upper threaded end of said shank of said J-bolt and onto an upper facing surface of said cover lid, said first internally threaded member having a transverse cross-sectional shape which has no more than two longitudinally disposed planes of symmetry, andf. tightening a second internally threaded member onto said upper threaded end of said shank of said J-bolt and onto one of an upper surface of said first internally threaded member and an upper facing surface of said lower lid. 13. The method of claim 12 wherein the maximum radial sizes of said first and second internally threaded members are different. 14. A method for thwarting access to electrical wires interconnected within an electrical junction box enclosure buried in the ground to thereby protect against theft of wire from the enclosure, said method comprising the steps of: a. forming a bore hole downward into a surface of the ground on which a shell of a junction box enclosure rests,b. inserting an elongated J-bolt downward into said bore hole, said J-bolt having at a lower end thereof a laterally outwardly disposed anchor leg and an elongated straight shank which depends perpendicularly upwards from a laterally inwardly located end of said anchor leg,c. pouring semi-liquid concrete into the interior of said enclosure and into said bore hole,d. placing a horizontally disposed cover lid on an upper surface of said enclosure, said cover id having disposed therethrough an aperture which receives an upper threaded end of said shank of said J-bolt,e. threadingly tightening a first internally threaded member onto said upper threaded end of said shank of said J-bolt and onto an upper facing surface of said cover lid, andf. maintaining a central vertical axis of said enclosure aligned with the longitudinal axis of said J-bolt while said poured concrete is hardening, said step of maintaining a central vertical axis of said enclosure aligned with the longitudinal axis of said J-bolt while said poured concrete is hardening including steps of; i. attaching a template to the shell of said enclosure, said template having through its thickness dimension a centrally located aperture which is co-linear with the central vertical axis of said enclosure shell,ii. moving said enclosure shell laterally until said aperture through said template is vertically aligned with the upstanding shank of said J-bolt,iii. moving said enclosure shell downwards until said upstanding shank of said J-bolt protrudes upwardly through said aperture through said template,iv. tightening a threaded member down onto the upstanding threaded shank of said J-bolt and an upper surface of said template until said poured concrete sets, andv. removing said threaded member and said template after said poured concrete sets.
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