Extension plate for outlet box bracket

An outlet box mounting assembly comprising:

• (a) an outlet box mounting bracket formed of sheet metal and having a front plate with a large central opening formed to register with the interior chamber of an outlet box secured thereto, said large central opening being located between an inner end of the plate formed for being secured to a stud and an outer end, and a right angular stabilizer plate formed with an opening and disposed at the outer end of said front plate and including an outer edge adapted to engage a wall surface during use located opposite the outer end of the front plate when said front plate inner end is secured to a wall stud;
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• (b) an extension stabilizer plate comprising:
• (i) a substantially flat rectangular plate member formed of sheet metal;
• (ii) a bendable tongue member formed of said metal as an integral part of said plate member;
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• (iii) said bendable tongue member being shaped and located on said plate member in a generally coplanar relation and in a manner wherein a portion of said bendable tongue member is bent over and engages a selected portion of said right angular bracket stabilizer plate disposed at the outer end of said front plate causing said plate member during use to be fixedly secured thereto, to form an extension thereof, and to stabilize the bracket's front plate by having an outer edge of said plate member positioned to contact a wall surface located opposite the outer end of the front plate of the bracket.

An extension stabilizer plate for extending the stabilizer plate of an electrical box mounting bracket formed of sheet metal and having a front plate with inner and outer ends and a right angular stabilizer plate formed with an opening and disposed at the outer end of said front plate and including an outer edge adapted to engage an opposing wall surface during use when the inner end of said front plate is secured to a wall stud, said extension stabilizer plate comprising:

• (a) a substantially rectangular plate member formed of sheet metal;
• (b) a bendable tongue member formed of said metal as an integral part of said plate member;
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• (c) said bendable tongue member being shaped and located on said plate member in a generally coplanar relation and in a manner wherein a portion of said bendable tongue member is bent over and engages a selected portion of a bracket stabilizing plate causing said plate member during use to be fixedly secured thereto and to form an extension thereof.

An electrical box mounting assembly comprising:

• (a) an electrical box mounting bracket formed of sheet metal and having a front plate with inner and outer ends and a right angular stabilizer plate formed with an opening and disposed at the outer end of said front plate and including an outer edge adapted to engage an opposite wall surface during use when said front plate inner end is secured to a wall stud;
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• (b) an extension stabilizer plate comprising:
• (i) a substantially flat rectangular plate member formed of sheet metal;
• (ii) a bendable tongue member formed of said metal as an integral part of said plate member;
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• (iii) said bendable tongue member being shaped and located on said plate member in a generally coplanar relation and in a manner wherein a portion of said bendable tongue member engages and is bent over a selected portion of said bracket stabilizer plate enabling said plate member during use to be fixedly secured thereto and to form an extension thereof.

An extension stabilizer plate for extending the stabilizer plate of an outlet box mounting bracket having a front plate with inner and outer ends and a right angular stabilizer plate formed with an opening and disposed at the outer end of said front plate and including an outer edge adapted to engage an opposing wall surface during use when said front plate inner end is secured to a wall stud, said extension stabilizer plate comprising:

• (a) a substantially flat rectangular plate member;
• (b) a clamping member formed from the material of said plate member as an integral part of said plate member;
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• (c) said clamping member being shaped and formed and located on said plate ember in a generally coplanar relation and in a manner wherein a portion of said clamping member engages, receives and is effectively clamped to a selected portion of a right angular bracket stabilizer plate positioned on a said front plate outer end enabling said plate member during use to be fixedly secured thereto and to form an extension thereof.