There is disclosed structure which overcomes the difficulties encountered with
respect to mounting wiring devices such as a receptacle and/or a switch to a box
and then attaching a wall plate. Some of the difficulties encountered are positioning
the wiring devices to be in alignment with each other, locating the wiring devices
to be parallel to each other, adjusting the spacing between the different devices
to be equal and uniform and fixing all of the devices to be flat against the wall.
These deficiencies are overcome by an alignment plate having a single centrally
located opening sized to receive one of more wiring devices and a set of alignment
pins for each wiring device. Each set of alignment pins on the alignment plate
is located on a vertical axis which defines the center for a wiring device and
each wiring device has openings for frictionally receiving and holding captive
a set of alignment pins. The alignment pins accurately position, align and locate
all of the wiring devices relative to each other. Thereafter the alignment plate
and wiring devices can be attached to a box by means of mounting screws and a wall
plate can then be positioned around the wiring devices without further adjustment.