Electrical system mounting assembly

The method of making a mounting bracket for facilitating the support of an electrical distribution intermediate a pair of elongated channels comprising:

• cutting a bracket blank from a generally planar sheet of metal with a generally elongated channel body, a first channel engaging foot near one channel body end, a second channel engaging foot near an opposite channel body end, and first and second arms extending transversely from the same side of the channel body intermediate the first foot and second foot;
• deforming the first foot and second foot from the plane of the sheet and into a plane generally orthogonal to the plane of the sheet;
• deforming the arms in opposite directions from the plane of the sheet and into a plane generally orthogonal to the plane of the sheet;
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• further deforming the free ends of the arms toward the plane of the first foot and second foot.

A bracket assembly for supporting and stabilizing a utility distribution unit over a subordinate horizontally extending channel at either one of at least two different elevations above the channel comprising:

• a leg to be fixed to and depend downwardly from the unit;
• a bracket having an elongated body with a first channel engaging foot at one body end, a spaced apart pair of channel engaging pads intermediate the body ends extending transversely from the body, a first leg attachment opening near the body end opposite the first foot, and a second leg attachment opening intermediate the body ends;
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• a screw for passing through the leg and exactly one of the leg attachment openings to join the bracket and leg whereby the first channel foot may engage the channel when the screw passes through the leg and first opening, and the pair of channel engaging pads may engage the channel when the screw passes through the leg and second opening.