Electrical box hanger
AssigneeArlington Industries, Inc.
InventorThomas J. Gretz
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Abstract
A system for the adjustable suspension of electrical outlet, junction boxes or the like including in combination an elongated wire for attachment to an existing fixed overhead member, a wire gripper including a passageway therethrough, and a knockout engagement device that engages an opening in an electrical junction or outlet box and further includes an engagement mechanism for engaging the elongated wire as it passes from a fixed overhead member through the passageway to the engagement member and returns thereto through the passageway where it is secured by an appropriate screw, bolt or the like.
Claims6
A hanger for the adjustable suspension of an electrical box of the type having a knockout aperture from an overhead member comprising:
- an elongated wire including a first end and a second end;
- a knockout engagement member including a vertical flange with an aperture therein and a snap ring having a locking tang thereon for insertion in said knockout aperture of said electrical box;
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- a wire gripper including a passageway there through, a threaded bore orthogonal to said passageway, and a screw in said threaded bore,
- whereby said first end of said elongated wire is secured to said overhead member, said second end of said elongated wire is passed through said passageway of said wire gripper, through said aperture of said knockout engagement member, through said passageway of said wire gripper, and said screw is tightened against said elongated wire within said threaded bore of said wire gripper thereby securing said electrical box to said overhead support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.