Bracket for Adjustable-Depth Mounting of Electrical Boxes
AssigneeERICO International Corporation
InventorsJeffrey Alan Wilson, Michael Hung-Sun Oh, Kevin Jacobs
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Abstract
A bracket for adjustable-depth mounting of an electrical box relative to a support structure can include a support body and a support arm. The support body can be configured to be secured to the support structure. A fastener can be retained on the support arm and can be adjusted relative to the support arm to move the electrical box to be secured at any of a plurality of depths relative to the support body.
Claims20
A bracket assembly for adjustable-depth mounting of an electrical box relative thereto, the bracket assembly comprising:
- a support body including a body opening that is fully enclosed by the support body and sized to slidably receive the electrical box;
- a first support arm extending integrally from the support body adjacent the body opening and including a first support portion rotatably supporting a first threaded fastener that threadedly engages with the electrical box to be rotatable from inside the electrical box to adjust a depth of the electrical box within the body opening;
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- a second support arm extending integrally from the support body adjacent the body opening, opposite the first support arm, and including a second support portion rotatably supporting a second threaded fastener that threadedly engages with the electrical box to be rotatable from inside the electrical box to adjust a depth of the electrical box within the body opening, the second support portion arranged diagonally opposite the first support portion relative to the body opening.
A bracket assembly for adjustable-depth mounting of an electrical box relative to a support structure, the bracket assembly comprising:
- a support body that is configured to be secured to the support structure, the support body including a body opening sized to slidably receive the electrical box;
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- a first support arm and a second support arm extending integrally from the support body on opposing sides of the body opening, the first support arm extending independently relative to the second support arm;
- each of the first and second support arms having a support portion configured to extend partly across a respective corner of the body opening, the respective corners being located diagonally opposite each other;
- with the electrical box in the body opening, each of the support portions retains a respective fastener extending through a rear wall of the electrical box with the respective fasteners configured to be engageable from inside the electrical box to move the electrical box to any of a plurality of depths relative to the support body.
A method of producing a bracket assembly for adjustable-depth mounting of an electrical box relative to a support structure, the method comprising:
- stamping a blank from a single piece of metal material into a predetermined shape, the blank including a support body with a body opening sized to slidably receive the electrical box and a first support arm and a second support arm extending integrally from the support body on opposing sides of the body opening;
- bending the first and second support arms at the body opening to extend the first and second support arms rearward of the support body;
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- forming a distal bend in each of the first and second support arms to form respective support portions configured to extend partly across a respective corner of the body opening, the respective corners of the body opening located diagonally opposite each other;
- the support portions each configured to retain a fastener configured to be adjusted from inside the electrical box relative to the corresponding first and second support arms to move the electrical box to any of a plurality of depths relative to the support body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.