Mounting bracket with far side support

A mounting bracket for supporting an electrical box, said mounting bracket comprising:

• a mounting plate having a central opening with an inner edge;
• a cable guide coupled to said mounting plate and being oriented in a plane parallel to a plane of said mounting plate in a first position and being bendable about a first fold line to a second position out of the plane of said mounting plate to a second extended position for receiving a cable coupled to said electrical box, said cable guide having a support plate with at least two adjacent cable openings for receiving the cable, a bendable retaining tab between the adjacent cable openings, and being bendable between a first position to retain the cable in said respective cable opening and a second position to enable said cable openings to receive the cable.

A mounting bracket for supporting an electrical box, said mounting bracket comprising:

• a mounting plate having a top rail, a bottom rail, a first end portion and a second end portion and having a central opening with a dimension for accessing the electrical box;
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• a cable guide having a support plate with a first edge and a second edge, a first leg having a first end coupled to an inner edge of said central opening by a first fold line and a second end coupled to said first edge of said support plate by a second fold line, and a second leg having a first end coupled to said inner edge of the central opening by a first fold line and a second end coupled to said first edge of said support plate by a second fold line, said cable guide being in a first position substantially parallel to a plane of said mounting plate and being bendable to a second position spaced outwardly from said mounting plate and being configured for receiving a plurality of cables from the electrical box, said support plate having a plurality of cable openings.