Adjustable electrical box support

An adjustable electrical box support, comprising:

• (a) a first elongate member having an end tab adapted for being attached to a first stud in a building wall;
• (d) a second elongate member having an end tab adapted for being attached to a second stud that is substantially parallel to and spaced apart from said first stud in said building wall with said second elongate member telescopically assembled to said first member so as to establish said support with a selected length substantially equal to the spacing between said studs;
• (c) plural cooperating locking means formed at a linear spaced series of locking positions on each of said members and adapted when moved linearly in conjunction with manual adjustment of the telescoping relation of said members to bring the locking means of the first member in releasable engagement with the locking means of the second member at a selected cooperative locking position whereby to establish and maintain said support in a manually releasable said selected length;
• (d) wherein said plural cooperating locking means comprises a series of interengageable detents formed along a lengthwise extending axis of each of said elongate members;
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• (e) wherein said detents are spaced apart from each other along said axis of each of said members by a distance selected such that individual fasteners passed through mounting holes in a base plate of an electrical box mounted on said supported are able to each engage a detent which is in turn engaged with another.

An adjustable electrical box support, comprising:

• (a) a first elongate member having an end tab adapted for being attached to a first stud in a building wall;
• (b) a second elongate member having an end tab adapted for being attached to a second stud that is substantially parallel to and spaced apart from said first stud in said building wall with said second elongate member telescopically assembled to said first member so as to establish said support with a selected length substantially equal to the spacing between said studs;
• (c) each said tab includes a solid metal portion bearing one or more discontinuous score lines each of which is formed for its entire length in a said solid metal portion and comprises a linear series of spaced apart indentations to facilitate field bending of each tab along said score lines;
• (d) linearly aligned and evenly spaced apart manually adjustable cooperating means formed on each of said members for manually releasably locking said members to each other so as to be able to establish and maintain a selected length of said electrical box support;
• (e) said cooperating locking means comprising a series of interengageable detents formed along a lengthwise extending axis of each of said elongate members;
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• (f) said detents being spaced apart from each other along said axis of each of said members by a distance selected such that individual fasteners passed through mounting holes in a base plate of an electrical box mounted on said support are able to each engage a detent which is in turn engaged with another.

An adjustable electrical box support, comprising:

• (a) a first elongate member having an end tab adapted for being attached to a first stud in a building wall;
• (b) a second elongate member having an end tab adapted for being attached to a second stud that is substantially parallel to and spaced apart from said first stud in said building wall with said second elongate member telescopically assembled to said first member so as to establish said support with a selected length substantially equal to the spacing between said studs;
• (c) each said tab includes one or more discontinuous score lines each of which comprises a linear series of spaced apart indentations to facilitate field bending of each tab along said score lines;
• (d) cooperating means formed on each of said members for manually releasably locking said members to each other so as to be able to establish and maintain a selected length of said electrical box support;
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• (e) wherein said cooperating means for manually releasably locking said members to each other comprises a series of interengageable detents formed along a lengthwise extending axis of each of said elongate members;
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• (f) wherein said detents are spaced apart from each other along said axis of each of said members by a distance selected such that individual fasteners passed through mounting holes in a base plate of an electrical box mounted on said support are able to each engage a detent which is in turn engaged with another.

An adjustable electrical box support, comprising:

• (a) a first elongate member having an end tab adapted for being attached to a first stud in a building wall;
• (b) a second elongate member telescopically assembled at a first end to said first member;
• (c) a third elongate member having an end tab adapted for being attached to a second stud that is substantially parallel to and spaced apart from said first stud in said building wall and telescopically assembled to said second member at a second end thereof;
• (d) cooperating means formed on each of said members for manually releasably locking said members to each other so as to be able to establish and maintain a selected length of said electrical box support;
• (e) wherein said cooperating means for manually releasably locking said members to each other comprises a series of interengageable detents formed along a lengthwise extending axis of each of said elongate members;
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• (f) wherein said detents are spaced apart from each other along said axis of each of said members by a distance selected such that individual fasteners passed through mounting holes in a base plate of an electrical box mounted on said support are able to each engage a detent which is in turn engaged with another.

An adjustable electrical box support, comprising:

• (a) a first elongate member having an end tab adapted for being attached to a first stud in a building wall;
• (b) a second elongate member having an end tab adapted for being attached to a second stud that is substantially parallel to and spaced apart from said first stud in said building wall with said second elongate member telescopically assembled to said first member so as to establish said support with a selected length substantially equal to the spacing between said studs;
• (c) plural cooperating locking means formed in a linear evenly spaced apart series of locking positions on each of said members and adapted when moved linearly in conjunction with manual adjustment of the telescoping relation of said members to bring the locking means at the evenly spaced apart positions on the first member in releasable engagement with the locking means at the evenly spaced apart positions on the second member at a selected cooperative locking position whereby to establish and maintain said support in a manually releasable said selected length;
• (d) said plural cooperating locking means comprising a series of interengageable detents formed along a lengthwise extending axis of each of said elongate members;
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• (e) said detents being spaced apart from each other along said axis of each of said members by a distance selected such that individual fasteners passed through mounting holes in a base plate of an electrical box mounted on said support are able to each engage a detent which is in turn engaged with another.

An adjustable electrical box support, comprising:

• (a) a first elongate member having an end tab adapted for being attached to a first stud in a building wall;
• (b) a second elongate member telescopically assembled at a first end to said first member;
• (c) a third elongate member having an end tab adapted for being attached to a second stud that is substantially parallel to and spaced apart from said first stud in said building wall and telescopically assembled to said second member at a second end thereof;
• (d) linearly aligned and evenly spaced apart manually adjustable cooperating means formed on each of said members for manually releasably locking said members to each other so as to be able to establish and maintain a selected length of said electrical box support;
• (e) said cooperating means for manually releasably locking and unlocking said members comprising a series of interengageable detents formed along a lengthwise extending axis of each of said elongate members;
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• (f) said detents being spaced apart from each other along said axis of each of said members by a distance selected such that individual fasteners passed through mounting holes in a base plate of an electrical box mounted on said support are able to each engage a detent which is in turn engaged with another.

An adjustable electrical box support, comprising:

• (a) a first elongate member having an end tab adapted for being attached to a first stud in a building wall;
• (b) a second elongate member having an end tab adapted for being attached to a second stud that is substantially parallel to and spaced apart from said first stud in said building wall with said second elongate member telescopically assembled to said first member so as to establish said support with a selected length substantially equal to the spacing between said studs;
• (c) each said tab including one or more discontinuous score lines each of which comprises a linear series of spaced apart indentations to facilitate field bending of each tab along said score lines;
• (d) cooperating means formed on each of said members and adapted when said members are telescopically assembled to be positioned to bring said cooperating means in contact one with the other and if when said cooperating means are in such contact said telescoping assembly of members is vertically positioned said cooperating means is operative to act as a stop so as to prevent one of said members from separating from the other of said members in the absence of being forcibly pulled apart;
• (e) said cooperating means comprising a series of interengageable detents formed along a lengthwise extending axis of each of said members;
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• (f) said detents being spaced apart from each other along said axis of each of said members by a distance selected such that individual fasteners passed through mounting holes in a base plate of an electrical box mounted on said support are able to each engage a detent which is in turn engaged with another.