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US 2006/0131047 A1Published application
Self-supporting electrical fixture support
AssigneeThomas & Betts International, Inc.
InventorsCong Dinh, John Archer
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AssigneeThomas & Betts International, Inc.
InventorsCong Dinh, John Archer
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An electrical outlet box and/or assembly is attachable to the wall stud. The assembly in one embodiment includes an outlet box having a perimetrical side wall, a back wall and open front face defining a box interior. The assembly may also include a communications frame or a ceiling light box. A mounting bracket is integrally formed with the box and extends from the side wall. The mounting bracket includes, integrally formed therewith, an attachment structure for directly securing the bracket to the stud and positionally fixing the bracket without the use of additional securement hardware. The bracket may be a U-shaped member having a planar face abutting the face of the stud and a pair of spaced apart arms extending therefrom for engagement with opposite sides of the stud.
An assembly for supporting an electrical fixture to a structural stud comprising:
An outlet box assembly attachable to a structural stud comprising:
A method of securing an electrical fixture to a structural stud, the electrical fixture being mounted to a support having a first side wall and a mounting bracket extending from this side wall, the mounting bracket having stud attachment structure secured thereto, the improvement comprising the step of directly mounting the bracket to the stud for securing the support to the stud and for positionally fixing the support to the stud without use of additional securement hardware.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.