Bar hanger and mounting clip assembly
AssigneeThomas & Betts International, Inc.
InventorMark Jerome Pfaller
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Abstract
A bar hanger and mounting clip assembly for securing an electrical box between two opposed Tee bar elements in a ceiling structure is provided which comprises a spanning bar which spans between the two opposed Tee bar elements; first and second clips at opposed ends of the spanning bar for attaching the spanning bar to the two opposed Tee bar elements; an electrical box; and a mounting clip for securing the electrical box to the spanning bar, the mounting clip including a tension leg for initially holding the electrical box in position on the spanning bar before the clip is securely fastened to the electrical box.
Claims17
A clip for securing an electrical box to a spanning bar, said clip comprising:
- (a) a first generally horizontally disposed flat portion engageable with an outer surface of said electrical box;
- (b) an inverted generally U-shaped portion, attached to said first flat portion, sufficiently sized for receiving said spanning bar;
- (c) a second generally horizontally disposed flat portion, attached to said inverted U-shaped portion, specifically configured to be received through a box knockout opening formed in a wall of said electrical box, said second flat portion engageable with an inner surface of said wall of said electrical box;
- (d) initial holding means in the form of a tension leg for initially holding said clip in position on said electrical box before said clip is securely fastened to said electrical box;
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- (e) channel means defined by said tension leg and second flat portion for receiving a peripheral edge of said knock-out opening in said wall of said electrical box.
A bar hanger and mounting clip assembly for securing an electrical box between two opposed Tee bar elements in a ceiling structure, said clip assembly comprising:
- (a) a spanning bar which spans between said two opposed Tee bar elements;
- (b) first and second clips at opposed ends of said spanning bar for attaching said spanning bar to said two opposed Tee bar elements;
- (c) an electrical box;
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- (d) a mounting clip for securing said electrical box to said spanning bar, said mounting clip including a first generally horizontally disposed flat portion engageable with an outer surface of said electrical box;
- an inverted generally U-shaped portion, attached to said first flat portion, sufficiently sized for receiving said spanning bar;
- a second generally horizontally disposed flat portion, attached to said inverted U-shaped portion, specifically configured to be received through a box knock-out opening formed in a wall of said electrical box, said second flat portion engaging an inner surface of said wall of said electrical box;
- and an initial holding means, said initial holding means including:
- a first portion extending generally upwardly from said second flat portion of said mounting clip;
- a second portion extending laterally outwardly and downwardly from said first portion of said tension leg;
- and a third portion extending generally upwardly from a lower edge of said second portion of said tension leg, wherein said first, second and third portions of said tension leg and said second flat portion of said mounting clip cooperate to form a channel means for receiving a peripheral edge of said knock-out opening in said wall of said electrical box.
A clip for securing an electrical box to a spanning bar, said clip comprising:
- (a) a first generally horizontally disposed flat portion engageable with an outer surface of said electrical box;
- (b) an inverted generally U-shaped portion, attached to said first flat portion, sufficiently sized for receiving said spanning bar;
- (c) a second generally horizontally disposed flat portion, attached to said inverted U-shaped portion, specifically configured to be received through a box knockout opening formed in a wall of said electrical box, said second flat portion engageable with an inner surface of said wall of said electrical box;
- (d) means for securing said clip to said electrical box;
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- (e) load wire attachment means comprising a wire attachment arm extending generally upwardly from said inverted U-shaped portion of said clip and at least one wire attachment hole formed in said arm for receiving one or more load wires.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.