Electricity: conductors and insulators – Boxes and housings – With electrical device
Patent
1992-12-23
1995-04-18
Picard, Leo P.
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Boxes and housings
With electrical device
174 48, 220 39, H02G 312
Patent
active
054080452
ABSTRACT:
An electrical box assembly including an electrical box and a mounting bracket rigidly coupled to the box for mounting the box onto a support member, such as a stud or a joist. The mounting bracket includes a base portion and a pair of leg portions resiliently coupled to the base portion to form a substantially U-shaped, three-sided bracket. The mounting bracket has inwardly extending arms for resiliently gripping the support member. The arms of the mounting bracket grip onto either side of a metal or wood support member to secure the electrical box to the support member and prevent relative movement between the electrical box and the support member. In one embodiment, the arms include teeth to improve the grip between the mounting bracket and a wood support member. In another embodiment, the mounting bracket is coupled to the box by clamping tabs.
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Jorgensen Robert W.
Lewis Thomas E.
Swanson Richard D.
'Hubbell Incorporated
Picard Leo P.
Presson Jerry M.
Tarnoff David L.
Tone David
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