BRACKET AND SLEEVE ASSEMBLY

• US 20150001361A1
• Filed: 09/16/2014
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brainwave Research Corporation
• Original Assignee: Brainwave Research Corporation
• Inventors: GAGNE, Jean-Guy, ROGERS, James W.
• Granted Patent: US 9,502,874 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/231.91
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/086 Assembled boxes
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/123 in thin walls
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/126 with supporting means for mounting on a single wall stud
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/14 Fastening of cover or lid to box

Abstract

An assembly includes a bracket mountable directly to a wall. An inner periphery of the bracket defines an opening in the wall substrate. A resilient element, cantilevered from an outer side surface of the sleeve, is retained by a barbed element at the inner periphery of the bracket.

Claims

1. A bracket comprising:

a body having a uniformly planar front surface configured to be flush with an internal surface of a wall substrate, the bracket mountable directly to the wall interior;

an opening in the body forming an inner perimeter;

a flange extending contiguously along the inner perimeter of the body in a direction opposite the front surface to a distal edge, the flange configured as a template guide for cutting an opening in the wall substrate, the wall substrate opening having a boundary that is coincident with the inner perimeter of the body.

2. A bracket as recited in claim 1, wherein the inner perimeter comprises indentations in the flange at opposite sides thereof.

3. A bracket as recited in claim 2, further comprising a recessed surface joined to the distal extent of the flange at each perimeter indentation.

4. A bracket as recited in claim 3, further comprising a boss extending from each recessed surface toward an end proximal the front surface of the bracket.

5. A bracket as recited in claim 4, wherein the proximal end of the boss is recessed from the front surface of the bracket.

6. A bracket as recited in claim 5, wherein each boss comprises a mounting hole for receiving a connector of an element to be mounted within the wall.

7. A bracket as recited in claim 1, wherein the body further comprises:

through holes located at opposite sides of the inner perimeter; and

a rib member proximate each through hole, the rib member projecting from a surface of the bracket opposite the front surface.

8. A bracket as recited in claim 7, further comprising a detachable conduit mount engageable with the through holes.

9. A bracket as recited in claim 8, wherein the conduit mount comprises a flexible cantilevered beam configured to mate with each through hole.

10. A bracket as recited in claim 9, wherein each cantilevered beam comprises a barbed end abutting the rib member upon mating the respective through hole.

11. A bracket as recited in claim 8, wherein the bracket is formed of a moldable plastic material and the conduit mount is frangibly attached to the bracket body in an as-molded state.

12. A bracket as recited in claim 11, wherein the conduit mount comprises a detachable frangible ring compatible to a plurality of conduit fitting sizes.