ADJUSTABLE ELECTRIC BOX AND BRACKET COMBINATION
First Claim
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a bracket having a substantially “
U”
-shape and including a body, a top arm and a bottom arm extending away from an inside of the body, a plurality of bracket body ribs on an interior surface of the bracket body, a plurality of top arm grooves on an interior surface of the top arm and a plurality of bottom arm grooves on an interior surface of the bottom arm, each of the plurality of bracket body ribs configured to be slidingly connectable to a plurality of grooves of an electrical box, the top arm grooves configured to be slidingly connectable to a first plurality of ribs on the electrical box to enable adjustment of the position of the electrical box relative to the bracket, and a flange extending substantially perpendicularly away from one side of a back surface of the bracket, the flange including at least one fastener opening formed there through.
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Abstract
Electric boxes and hanging brackets and more particularly adjustable electric boxes with parallel rails for connection with reciprocal parallel grooves in a hanging bracket that is configured to connect to a support, for example, a wall stud.
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48 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
a bracket having a substantially “
U”
-shape and including a body, a top arm and a bottom arm extending away from an inside of the body, a plurality of bracket body ribs on an interior surface of the bracket body, a plurality of top arm grooves on an interior surface of the top arm and a plurality of bottom arm grooves on an interior surface of the bottom arm, each of the plurality of bracket body ribs configured to be slidingly connectable to a plurality of grooves of an electrical box, the top arm grooves configured to be slidingly connectable to a first plurality of ribs on the electrical box to enable adjustment of the position of the electrical box relative to the bracket, and a flange extending substantially perpendicularly away from one side of a back surface of the bracket, the flange including at least one fastener opening formed there through.- View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28)
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30. An apparatus comprising:
a bracket including a top arm connected at an inner end to a top end of a body at a substantially orthogonal angle and a bottom end of the body being connected to an inner end of a bottom arm at a substantially orthogonal angle, the top arm and the bottom arm each including pairs of oppositely positioned grooves on inside surfaces of each arm and being configured to adjustably and slidingly connect with pairs of substantially parallel raised ribs on an electrical box, and a raised, cylindrical element on an inner surface of the body being configured to adjustably engage with the electrical box. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 40, 41)
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42. An apparatus comprising:
a bracket including a top arm connected at an inner end to a top end of a body at a substantially orthogonal angle and a bottom end of the body being connected to an inner end of a bottom arm at a substantially orthogonal angle, the top arm and the bottom arm each including pairs of oppositely positioned grooves on inside surfaces of each arm and being configured to adjustably and slidingly connect with pairs of substantially parallel raised ribs on an electrical box, and a raised, cylindrical element on an inner surface of the body being configured to adjustably engage with a middle groove of the electrical box, and a flange extending substantially perpendicularly from one side of a back side of the bracket and at least one opening is formed in and extends through the flange. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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