The instant invention overcomes the difficulties encountered with respect
to mounting electrical wiring devices to a common box and then
positioning the devices relative to each other prior to 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. In the prior art, the wiring devices are first loosely
attached to a box and then moved back and forth, and up and down to fit
within cut outs in a wall plate which is then attached to the wiring
devices with screws. A time consuming and tedious job. This invention
overcomes these deficiencies by providing wiring devices that have
locating openings for engaging alignment pins located on a plate that is
subsequently attached to a box. The alignment pins, when engaged by the
close clearance locating openings, accurately positions the wiring
devices to allow a wall plate to be placed around the wiring devices
without requiring any initial or subsequent adjustment. Each set of
alignment pins on the alignment plate can be located on a vertical axis
which accurately defines the center for the wiring device. The opening in
the wiring device receives and holds captive a set of alignment pins. The
alignment pins accurately position, align and locate all of the wiring
devices mounted to the alignment plate, and the plate allows the wiring
devices to be positioned against a flat surface. Thereafter, a wall plate
can be positioned around the wiring devices without requiring any
adjustment.