Electrical outlet box assembly

• US 5,378,854 A
• Filed: 04/12/1993
• Issued: 01/03/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daniel M. Hoover
• Original Assignee: Daniel M. Hoover
• Inventors: Hoover, Daniel M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Picard, Leo P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tone, David
• Application Number:
  US08/044,806
• Time in Patent Office: 631 Days
• Field of Search: 174/53, 174/58, 220/3.9, 220/3.92, 220/3.94
• US Class Current: 174/53
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/086 Assembled boxes

Abstract

An electrical box assembly arranged for the ease of stacking of boxes relative to one another in a gang-type relationship is provided, wherein the box structure includes a box member having a fixed side wall integrally mounted to a rear wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall having a movable side wall arranged for sliding reception within the top wall and bottom wall and lock engagement to the rear wall, wherein the movable side wall may be replaced by a further box member providing ease of ganging of the boxes together.

Claims

1. An electrical outlet box assembly, comprising,

a box member having a fixed side wall, a top wall spaced from a bottom wall in a parallel coextensive relationship integrally and orthogonally mounted to the fixed side wall, with the box member further including a rear wall, and

the top wall having a top wall lug, the top wall lug positioned in adjacency to the fixed side wall, and having a lug bore directed through the top wall lug oriented at an acute angle relative to the top wall, and

the top wall including a top wall free edge, the bottom wall including a bottom wall free edge, wherein the top wall free edge and the bottom wall free edge are arranged in a parallel coextensive relationship relative to one another, and a top wall free edge having a first semi-cylindrical trough, the bottom wall free edge having a second semi-cylindrical trough, and

a movable side wall, the movable side wall having a first rib spaced from a second rib, with the first and second rib arranged for reception within a respective first trough and second trough respectively, and

the rear wall includes a rear wall locking lug fixedly mounted to the rear wall in an orthogonal projecting relationship directed between the top wall and the bottom wall, and the movable side wall includes a side wall flange orthogonally and integrally mounted to the side wall, and the side wall flange includes a side wall flange aperture arranged for receiving the rear wall locking lug upon projection of the movable side wall into continuous communication with the rear wall, and

a U-shaped accessory box arranged for mounting to the top wall and the bottom wall, and the accessory box includes an accessory box top wall having an accessory box rib arranged for reception within the first trough, and including an accessory box bottom wall having a bottom wall rib arranged for reception within the second trough upon displacement of the movable side wall relative to the top wall and the bottom wall, and

the fixed side wall includes a side wall opening, and the rear wall includes a rear wall slot, and a positioning bracket arranged for mounting to the fixed side wall and the rear wall, wherein the positioning bracket includes a first plate having a first plate slot arranged for receiving the fastener therethrough for positioning into a wall stud, and a second plate integrally and orthogonally mounted to the first plate in an L-shaped configuration, wherein the second plate includes a second plate opening, and wherein a second fastener is arranged for reception through the rear wall slot and threadedly received within the second wall opening, and the first plate having a first plate positioning flange integrally and orthogonally mounted to the first plate spaced from the second plate, and positioning flange projecting beyond a first side of the first plate, and the second plate extends beyond a second side of the second plate, wherein the positioning plate is arranged for abutting the wall stud for positioning the fixed side wall thereto.