Bracket
DCFirst Claim
1. A bracket for mounting electrical boxes to wall studs, said bracket including a web having a pair of first and second opposed flanges extending therefrom and between which a wall stud is receivable, said first flange being substantially longer than said second flange and having a free end portion remote from said web, an elongated resilient arm extending from said free end portion of said first flange back toward said web in inwardly inclined spaced relationship to said first flange, said arm being substantially longer than said second flange and having an arm terminal end portion adjacent said web, and stud gripping means on said arm terminal end portion and on said second flange for gripping a stud therebetween.
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Abstract
A bracket for mounting electrical boxes to channel-shaped metal wall studs having open and closed sides. The bracket has opposed stud gripping elements that enable the bracket to be mounted to studs of different sizes, and to either the open or closed side of the stud.
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28 Claims
- 1. A bracket for mounting electrical boxes to wall studs, said bracket including a web having a pair of first and second opposed flanges extending therefrom and between which a wall stud is receivable, said first flange being substantially longer than said second flange and having a free end portion remote from said web, an elongated resilient arm extending from said free end portion of said first flange back toward said web in inwardly inclined spaced relationship to said first flange, said arm being substantially longer than said second flange and having an arm terminal end portion adjacent said web, and stud gripping means on said arm terminal end portion and on said second flange for gripping a stud therebetween.
- 17. A bracket for mounting electrical boxes to wall studs, said bracket including a web having a pair of spaced-apart opposed first and second flanges extending therefrom for receiving a wall stud therebetween, said flanges having stud gripping means thereon for gripping a stud therebetween, said second flange having opposite side edges and a terminal end, extensions connected with said side edges of said second flange adjacent said terminal end thereof, said extensions projecting outwardly from said side edges and back toward said web in outwardly-spaced relationship to said side edges, said extensions being bent inwardly of said second flange toward said first flange about bend lines extending along said side edges, and said stud gripping means on said second flange including a plurality of barbs on each said extension spaced-apart longitudinally of said second flange.
- 21. A bracket for mounting electrical boxes to wall studs, said bracket including a web having a pair of spaced-apart opposed first and second flanges extending therefrom for receiving a wall stud therebetween, stud gripping means on said flanges and extending inwardly thereof for gripping a stud therebetween, said stud gripping means on each of said flanges including a plurality of barbs spaced-apart both longitudinally and transversely thereof.
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26. A bracket for mounting electrical boxes to wall studs, said bracket including a web having a pair of first and second opposed flanges extending therefrom and between which a wall stud is receivable, said first flange having a free end portion remote from said web, a resilient arm extending from said free end portion of said first flange back toward said web in inwardly inclined spaced relationship to said first flange, said arm having an arm terminal end portion adjacent said web, and stud gripping means on said arm terminal end portion and on said second flange for gripping a stud therebetween, and said stud gripping means on said arm terminal end portion comprising a plurality of barbs spaced-apart both longitudinally and transversely of said arm.
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27. A bracket for mounting electrical boxes to wall studs, said bracket including a web having a pair of first and second opposed flanges extending therefrom and between which a wall stud is receivable, said first flange having a free end portion remote from said web, a resilient arm extending from said free end portion of said first flange back toward said web in inwardly inclined spaced relationship to said first flange, said arm having an arm terminal end portion adjacent said web, stud griping means on said arm terminal end portion and on said second flange for gripping a stud therebetween, and said stud gripping means on said second flange comprising a plurality of barbs spaced-apart both longitudinally and transversely of said second flange.
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28. A bracket for mounting electrical boxes to wall studs, said bracket including a web having a pair of first and second opposed flanges extending therefrom and between which a wall stud is receivable, said first flange having a free end portion remote from said web, a resilient arm extending from said free end portion of said first flange back toward said web in inwardly inclined spaced relationship to said first flange, said arm having an arm terminal end portion adjacent said web, and stud gripping means on said arm terminal end portion and on said second flange for gripping a stud therebetween, said second flange having opposite side edges and a terminal end, extensions extending outwardly from said side edges adjacent said terminal end, said stud gripping means on said second flange being on said extensions and comprising a plurality of barbs on each of said extensions spaced-apart longitudinally of said second flange, said plurality of barbs on each said extension including an initial barb located closest to said web and a terminal barb located closest to said terminal end of said second flange, and said terminal barbs extending inwardly of said second flange a greater distance than said initial barbs.
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