Supports – Instrument in panel – Having biased clip holding means
Patent
1986-02-10
1987-09-15
Husar, Cornelius J.
Supports
Instrument in panel
Having biased clip holding means
174 58, 220 36, 248DIG6, 2482318, H02G 312
Patent
active
046934383
ABSTRACT:
A retainer for holding an electrical box in a wall is made of a single contiguous piece of almost dead soft thin sheet metal, the retainer has a folded over and flattened and work hardened nose, a two layer leading protusion, a divergent barb, an elongate shank, and a multiple purpose outward flange having a round heel and a grasping catch for receiving an insertion tool. A method of installing and retaining an electrical box has the steps of inserting the protrusion and barb, grasping the retainer and pulling it taunt, and driving an outer end into the electrical box. A method of making the retainer has the steps of shearing a rectangular piece of soft metal, forming a barb, folding over a first end and the barb, and forming a catch for an insertion tool on a second end.
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Erico Products Catalog, Cleveland, Ohio, "Caddy Metal Stud Clip", 1973, 4 pages.
Husar Cornelius J.
Kovar Henry C.
Nicholson Eric K.
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