Electrical box for installation in insulated concrete form construction
AssigneeIpex Technologies Inc.
InventorSébastien Gauthier
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Abstract
Various embodiments of an electrical box are provided for installation in insulated concrete forms (“ICFs”) In at least one embodiment, the electrical box includes a container configured to receive an electrical device, and at least one anchoring member operably connected to the container In these embodiments, the anchoring member is movable between a storage position and an inserted position and the anchoring member is operable by a user without a tool Further, in these embodiments, the inserted position includes at least part of the anchoring member positioned outside the container such that the anchoring member is insertable into, for instance, a foam-based ICF Thus simple and efficient installation of electrical boxes in ICFs is provided.
Claims28
An electrical box, comprising:
- a container configured to receive an electrical device, wherein the container comprises at least one wall, the at least one wall defining a hole therethrough, wherein the at least one wall defines an opening sized and configured to insertably receive the electrical device;
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- at least one anchoring member operably connected to the container such that the anchoring member is movable between a storage position and an inserted position, wherein the anchoring member is movable between the storage position and the inserted position by a user without a tool, wherein the inserted position includes at least part of the anchoring member positioned outside the container and part of the anchoring member positioned within the hole, and wherein the anchoring member is configured to anchor the container to an object outside the container when the anchoring member is in the inserted position.
A method for installing an electrical box, the method comprising the steps of:
- placing the electrical box into an electrical box recess in an insulated concrete form, wherein the electrical box comprises an container configured to receive an electrical device and an anchoring member movably connected to the electrical box;
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- pressing on the anchoring member with a person's hand without a tool such that the anchoring member moves from a storage position to an inserted position, wherein the inserted position includes at least part of the anchoring member embedded in at least a portion of the insulated concrete form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.