Adjustable electrical box
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1. An adjustable electrical box comprising:
- a box including a back wall bounded by a top and bottom wall and a pair of opposed sidewalls, said pair of sidewalls and said top and bottom walls being joined to form a continuous perimeter wall having an opening;
a bracket fixedly secured to said perimeter wall and extending outwardly therefrom for attaching said box to a support structure;
a frame telescopically received in said box opening; and
an adjustment device rotatably secured to said frame and engagable with said perimeter wall of said box, wherein activation of said adjustment device causes said frame to move relative to said box.
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An adjustable electrical box including a box having a back wall bounded by a top and bottom wall and a pair of opposed sidewalls. The pair of sidewalls and the top and bottom walls are joined to form a continuous perimeter wall having an opening. A bracket is fixedly secured to the perimeter wall and extends outwardly therefrom for attaching said box to a support structure. A frame is telescopically received in said box opening. An adjustment device is rotatably secured to the frame and engagable with the perimeter wall of the box, wherein activation of the adjustment device causes the frame to move relative to the box.
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1. An adjustable electrical box comprising:
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a box including a back wall bounded by a top and bottom wall and a pair of opposed sidewalls, said pair of sidewalls and said top and bottom walls being joined to form a continuous perimeter wall having an opening;
a bracket fixedly secured to said perimeter wall and extending outwardly therefrom for attaching said box to a support structure;
a frame telescopically received in said box opening; and
an adjustment device rotatably secured to said frame and engagable with said perimeter wall of said box, wherein activation of said adjustment device causes said frame to move relative to said box. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An adjustable electrical box assembly comprising:
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a box including a back wall bounded by a top and bottom wall and a pair of opposed sidewalls, said pair of sidewalls and said top and bottom walls being joined to form a continuous perimeter wall having an opening;
a frame telescopically received in said opening; and
an adjustment device for causing said frame to move relative to said electrical box between a fully retracted position and a fully extended position, said attachment device including at least one threaded member rotatably secured to said frame and threadedly received in one of said pair of sidewalls of said electrical box. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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