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US 5,628,419 AGranted
Electrical box with quick-mount claws and pull straps
OwnerGeorg Putzinventor
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Abstract
An electrical box for mounting particularly in hollow walls has claws attached at pull straps. The straps are shiftably guided in the axial direction of the box in guides thereof. Each strap has a serrated toothing which cooperates with a counter toothing at a springy tongue of the guide. The box can thereby be securely mounted by manually pulling the pull straps and thus clamping the claws behind the wall.
Claims13
An electrical box assembly for mounting in walls, comprising:
- a box defining an interior for receiving an electrical appliance and defining an axial direction thereof, said box having sidewalls and guides extending along said sidewalls in the axial direction;
- a plurality of pull straps each shiftably guided in a respective one of said guides along the axial direction of the box, each of said pull straps carrying a claw for clamping said box in the wall;
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- each of said pull straps being formed with toothing and each of said guides being formed with counter toothing cooperating with said toothing of said pull straps, and each of said guides including a springy tongue carrying said counter toothing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.