Supports – Brackets – Specially mounted or attached
Patent
1975-10-14
1976-08-31
Foss, J. Franklin
Supports
Brackets
Specially mounted or attached
174 58, 220 39, H02G 308, F16B 224, F16B 1500
Patent
active
039776409
ABSTRACT:
Metal mounting brackets for mounting electrical wiring boxes to studs. A metal mounting bracket in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention is basically Z-shaped and includes a first flat portion adapted to be attached to an electrical wiring box, a second flat portion generally normal to the first portion and including a pair of generally U-shaped stud-embracing members, and a third flat portion generally normal to the second portion and having a pair of spaced, initially-flat pair of tabs extending outwardly from an edge thereof, each of the tabs having a pair of stud-biting teeth extending therefrom. The third portion further has a pair of tool-receiving openings therein, each adjacent to a corresponding one of the tabs and arranged to receive a standard adjustable plier. In mounting a wiring box to a stud, for example, to a metal stud, the U-shaped members of the second portion of the bracket are first arranged by an installer to embrace a first corner region of the stud. The installer then uses the adjustable plier to bend the tabs associated with the third portion around a second curved corner region of the stud and to cause the teeth associated with the tabs to bite into the second corner region of the stud, thereby securely mounting the bracket and the attached wiring box to the stud.
A metal mounting bracket in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention is similar to the abovedescribed first embodiment but does not have stud-biting teeth associated with the tabs.
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patent: 1642945 (1927-09-01), Davidson
patent: 1963951 (1934-06-01), Bowers
patent: 3522924 (1970-08-01), Arnold
patent: 3780209 (1973-12-01), Schuplin
Arnold William O.
Mills Gene F.
Foss J. Franklin
Nealon Elmer J.
O'Malley Norman J.
Union Insulating Company
Xiarhos Peter
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