Support apparatus usable with electrical enclosure

A support apparatus structured to be cooperable with an electrical enclosure having a cabinet portion and a cover portion, the cabinet portion having a base panel, a number of walls extending from a periphery of the base panel, and a number of upturned lips, at least a first upturned lip of the number of upturned lips extending from at least a first wall of the number of walls and being disposed opposite the base panel, the support apparatus comprising:

• a shank;
• a first retention element situated on the shank and being structured to be disposed on the at least first upturned lip;
• a second retention element disposed on the shank, the second retention element being structured to receive an edge of the cover portion and to provide vertical support to the cover portion;
• and
• wherein the first retention element is structured to compressively engage the at least first upturned lip between the first retention element and the shank.

An electrical enclosure apparatus comprising:

• an electrical enclosure comprising a cabinet portion and a cover portion;
• the cabinet portion having a base panel, a number of walls extending from a periphery of the base panel, and a number of upturned lips, at least a first upturned lip of the number of upturned lips extending from at least a first wall of the number of walls and being disposed opposite the base panel;
• a support apparatus comprising:
• a shank,
• a first retention element situated on the shank and being receivable on the at least first upturned lip, and
• a second retention element disposed on the shank, an edge of the cover portion being receivable on the second retention element to provide vertical support to the cover portion;
• and
• wherein at least one of the at least first upturned lip and the cover portion has at least a first notch formed in an elongated edge thereof, the at least first notch being structured to receive therein at least a portion of the support apparatus and being structured to resist movement of the support apparatus in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extent of the edge.

An electrical enclosure apparatus comprising:

• an electrical enclosure comprising a cabinet portion and a cover portion;
• the cabinet portion having a base panel, a number of walls extending from a periphery of the base panel, and a number of upturned lips at least a first upturned lip of the number of upturned lips extending from at least a first wall of the number of walls and being disposed opposite the base panel;
• a support apparatus comprising:
• a shank,
• a first retention element situated on the shank and being receivable on the at least first upturned lip, and
• a second retention element disposed on the shank, an edge of the cover portion being receivable on the second retention element to provide vertical support to the cover portion;
• and
• the at least first upturned lip having a notch formed in an elongated edge thereof that is structured to receive therein at least a portion of the first retention element and to resist movement of the support apparatus in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extent of the edge;
• the cover portion having another notch formed in an elongated other edge thereof that is structured to receive therein at least another portion of the second retention element whereby the support apparatus is structured to position the cover portion in horizontal alignment with the cabinet portion and to resist movement of the cover portion in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extent of the other edge.

An electrical enclosure apparatus comprising:

• an electrical enclosure comprising a cabinet portion and a cover portion;
• the cabinet portion having a base panel, a number of walls extending from a periphery of the base panel, and a number of upturned lips, at least a first upturned lip of the number of upturned lips extending from at least a first wall of the number of walls and being disposed opposite the base panel;
• a support apparatus comprising:
• a shank,
• a first retention element situated on the shank and being receivable on the at least first upturned lip, and
• a second retention element disposed on the shank, an edge of the cover portion being receivable on the second retention element to provide vertical support to the cover portion;
• wherein the cover portion comprises a number of fasteners, wherein an upturned lip of the number of upturned lips has a number of first holes formed therein, and wherein the cover portion has a number of second holes formed therein, at least some of the number of first holes and at least some of the number of second holes being vertically aligned when the first retention element is disposed on the at least first upturned lip and when the second retention element receives the edge of the cover portion;
• wherein the edge of the cover portion received in the second retention element is slidably received in the second retention element, the cover portion being structured to be slidable on the second retention element along the longitudinal extent of the edge to horizontally align at least some of the number of first holes with at least some of the number of second holes to enable at least some of the number of fasteners to be received therein;
• and
• wherein a periphery of the cover portion is structured to protrude beyond a periphery of the cabinet portion when the at least some of the number of first holes and the at least some of the number of second holes are horizontally aligned, and wherein at least a portion of the shank and at least a portion of the second retention element protrude beyond the periphery of the cabinet portion when the first retention element is disposed on the at least first upturned lip.

An electrical enclosure comprising:

• a cabinet portion;
• a cover portion structured to be situated on the cabinet portion;
• the cabinet portion having a base panel, a number of walls extending from a periphery of the base panel, and a number of upturned lips, at least a first upturned lip of the number of upturned lips extending from at least a first wall of the number of walls and being disposed opposite the base panel,
• the cabinet portion further comprising a support apparatus that comprises a retention element that is structured to receive an elongated edge of the cover portion and that is structured to provide vertical support to the cover portion, the support apparatus extending away from at least one of a wall of the number of walls and an upturned lip of the number of upturned lips.