Floor stand for mounting electrical box and for supporting conduit

Abstract

A floor stand for mounting an electrical box and for supporting a conduit extending downwardly to the electrical box has a conduit-supporting flange projecting backwardly from an upper portion of the upright member and is adapted to mount an electrical box so as to bear against a back face of the floor stand, beneath the conduit-supporting flange, which has three apertures, each adapted to pass a conduit extending downwardly through the aperture, to an electrical box so mounted. The conduit-supporting flange has a slot communicating with each aperture, from an edge of the conduit-supporting flange, and the conduit-supporting flange has a tab adjacent to the slot. The tab is adapted to permit a conduit to enter that aperture from the edge of the conduit-supporting flange, via the slot, if the tab is bent sufficiently, and to block a conduit from exiting that aperture, via the slot, if tab is unbent. The floor stand has three wall-attachable flanges, each having a not-in-use position, in which it projects vertically, beneath the conduit-supporting flange, each having an in-use position, in which it projects backwardly and is attachable to a wall behind the floor stand.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.