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Electrical wiring box with attached mounting elements

  • US 4,019,647 A
  • Filed: 10/14/1975
  • Issued: 04/26/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A box assembly adapted to be mounted to a supporting structure, comprising:

  • A box including a plurality of walls arranged to define a space for receiving a device in said space, said box further including a mounting portion extending generally transversely from one of the walls and having a first surface and a second surface, said mounting portion having an opening extending therethrough from the first surface to the second surface, said opening having a predetermined height in the direction of the mounting portion and being surrounded by the material of the mounting portion; and

    a mounting member comprising;

    a unitary bowed locking element having a maximum height essentially equal to the height of the opening in the mounting portion, said locking element being disposed within the opening in the mounting portion with a point along its bowed surface abutting against an inner surface of the opening thereby to retain the locking element within the opening;

    a projection extending outwardly from the bowed surface of the locking element at an acute angle and having a free end, said projection being outside of the opening in the mounting portion with the free end thereof abutting angularly against the second surface of the mounting portion along a line generally transverse to the aforesaid one of the walls of the box following the insertion of the locking element into the opening, said free end of the projection facing in a direction toward the first and second surfaces of the mounting portion; and

    a portion connected with the locking element for use in mounting the box to a supporting structure.

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