Mounting bracket for electrical boxes

A mounting bracket for an electrical box, for use with a support having a first rail and a second rail that are spaced apart from each other to define a space to receive the electrical box, each of the first rail and the second rail having a first side and a second side, the first side of the first rail being vertically opposite the second side of the first rail and the first side of the second rail being vertically opposite the second side of the second rail, the mounting bracket comprising;

• a mounting body configured to secure the electrical box to the mounting bracket;
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• a first attachment device connected to the mounting body and a second attachment device connected to the mounting body, to resiliently secure the mounting body to the support in a first orientation and in a second orientation,
• the first attachment device being aligned to resiliently engage the first and second sides of the first rail, with the mounting bracket in the first orientation, and to engage the first and second sides of the second rail, with the mounting bracket in the second orientation;
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• the second attachment device being aligned to resiliently engage the first and second sides of the second rail, with the mounting bracket in the first orientation, and to engage the first rail, with the mounting bracket in the second orientation.

A method of installing an electrical box, the method comprising:

• securing an electrical box to a mounting body of a mounting bracket, the mounting bracket further including a first attachment device connected to the mounting body and a second attachment device connected to the mounting body opposite the first attachment device;
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• securing the mounting bracket to a support with the mounting bracket in, selectively, either of a first orientation or a second orientation, the support including a first rail and a second rail that are spaced apart from each other, each of the first rail and the second rail having a first side and a second side, the first side of the first rail being vertically opposite the second side of the first rail and the first side of the second rail being vertically opposite the second side of the second rail;
• wherein in the first orientation, the first attachment device engages the first and second sides of the first rail and the second attachment device engages the first and second sides of the second rail to resiliently secure the mounting bracket to the support;
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• wherein in the second orientation, the first attachment device engages the first and second sides of the second rail and the second attachment device engages the first and second sides of the first rail to resiliently secure the mounting bracket to the support.