Mounting bracket for electrical box
AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorsMartin Lee Witherbee, Shane Amedeo Semple
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Abstract
A mounting bracket attaches a junction box to a support structure. The mounting bracket includes a body portion and a locking portion attached to the body portion. The body portion includes at least one attachment feature for attaching the mounting bracket to a support structure. The locking portion includes first and second locking arms that extend from the body portion. At least one of the locking arms is receivable within an opening in the junction box. The first and second locking arms may be moveable relative to each other to engage the locking arms, lock the second locking arm to the first locking arm, and secure the mounting bracket to the junction box when the first locking arm is received in the opening in the junction box.
Claims19
A mounting bracket for attaching a junction box to a support structure, the mounting bracket comprising:
- a body portion including at least one attachment feature for attaching the mounting bracket to a support structure;
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- a locking portion attached to the body portion and including a first locking arm extending from the body portion and a second locking arm extending from the body portion, the first locking arm being receivable within an opening in the junction box, the first and second locking arms being moveable relative to each other to engage the second locking arm with the first locking arm to lock the second locking arm to the first locking arm and secure the mounting bracket to the junction box when the first locking arm is received in the opening in the junction box.
A junction box assembly comprising:
- a junction box having a back wall defining a pair of openings spaced 1.5 inches (3.81 cm) apart;
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- a mounting bracket configured for attaching the junction box to a support structure, the mounting bracket including a body portion and a locking portion attached to the body portion, the locking portion including a pair of locking arms configured to be received in respective ones of the pair of openings in the junction box to secure the mounting bracket to the junction box.
A mounting bracket for attaching a junction box to a support structure, the mounting bracket comprising:
- a body portion including at least one attachment feature for attaching the mounting bracket to a support structure;
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- a locking portion attached to the body portion and including a pair of locking arms extending from the body portion, the locking arms being spaced apart from one another about 1.5 inches (3.81 cm) and receivable within openings in the junction box for securing the mounting bracket to the junction box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.