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US 2023/0155362 A1Published application
Adjustable Depth Electrical Wall Mount Ring
AssigneeERICO International Corporation
InventorBruce G. Phillips
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Abstract
An adjustable depth electrical wall mount ring can include a base ring and a finishing ring. The base ring can be configured to be attached to a junction box. The finishing ring can be configured to be adjusted relative to a ring portion of the base ring to extend away from the junction box through a wall layer. Adjusting the finishing ring can cause one or more outward extensions on the finishing ring to bear on an exterior surface of a wall layer and thereby urge the junction box towards the wall layer.
Claims20
A method of installing an electrical assembly, the method comprising:
- providing a ring assembly including a base ring and a finishing ring within a ring portion of the base ring, the finishing ring configured to be telescopically adjusted relative to the base ring via rotation of one or more threaded fasteners that extend from the finishing ring to the base ring;
- securing the base ring to a junction box and installing the junction box relative to a wall layer, so that the ring portion of the base ring extends away from a front opening of the junction box towards a wall layer;
- rotating the one or more threaded fasteners in a first direction to telescopically adjust a position of the finishing ring within the base ring, to move the finishing ring away from the front opening of the junction box to an extended configuration;
- attaching one or more tabs to the finishing ring, the one or more tabs arranged to bear against an exterior surface of a wall layer;
- and,
- rotating the one or more threaded fasteners in a second direction to telescopically adjust the position of the finishing ring within the base ring, to move the finishing ring towards the front opening of the junction box to an installed configuration and thereby compress the wall layer between the one or more tabs and base ring.
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A method of installing an electrical assembly, the method comprising:
- installing a box assembly within a wall structure, the box assembly including:
- a base ring secured to a junction box, with a ring portion of the base ring extending away from a front opening of the junction box;
- and
- a finishing ring secured to the base ring, the finishing ring being sized to slide telescopically within the ring portion of the base ring, the finishing ring and base ring together forming a ring assembly;
- executing a cutting operation to provide, in a wall layer of the wall structure, a hole aligned with the finishing ring, to provide access to the front opening of the junction box through the wall layer and the ring assembly;
- telescopically adjusting the ring assembly to extend the finishing ring to an extended configuration;
- and
- telescopically adjusting the ring assembly to retract the finishing ring from the extended configuration to an installed configuration, to axially compress the wall layer between the finishing ring and base ring and thereby urge the junction box towards the wall layer.
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An electrical assembly comprising:
- a base ring removably mounted to a junction box, the base ring including a ring portion extending away from a front opening of the junction box towards an interior of a wall layer;
- a finishing ring telescopically mounted within the ring portion of the base ring;
- one or more tabs mounted to the finishing ring;
- and,
- one or more threaded fasteners configured to telescopically secure the finishing ring to the base ring;
- wherein rotation of the one or more threaded fasteners in a first direction moves the finishing ring away from the front opening of the junction box toward an extended position;
- and
- wherein rotation of the one or more threaded fasteners in a second direction, opposite the first direction, moves the finishing ring away from the extended position and toward a retracted position,
- the one or more tabs and the base ring being thereby configured to collectively apply compression forces to opposing sides of the wall layer when the finish ring is moved from the extended position toward the retracted position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.