Receptacles – Outlet or junction box type – Wall – floor – or panel mounted
Patent
1985-05-06
1986-03-18
Shoap, Allan N.
Receptacles
Outlet or junction box type
Wall, floor, or panel mounted
174 58, 220 33, 220 39, 2482212, 2482222, 2482233, 248DIG6, H02G 310
Patent
active
045763020
ABSTRACT:
An electrical receptacle box assembly including an electrical receptacle box mounted on a wall stud having a relatively thin-walled major side surface prepared with a plurality of vertically spaced apart mounting holes in patterns of two. The electrical receptacle box is equipped with first and second bracket means, each engageable with a corresponding mounting hole. One of the bracket means includes a clip having a plurality of longitudinal fingers. One of the fingers is offset from the others so as to be engageable with a mounting hole in straddling relationship to an edge of the hole. The other fastener includes a linear portion extendible through the opposite mounting hole and connected to a side wall of the electrical receptacle box. The box is quickly and securely engageable with the wall stud preparatory to mounting electrical receptacles and eventual covering with wallboard.
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