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Mounting plate and cover assembly for an electrical outlet box

  • US 5,450,974 A
  • Filed: 09/14/1994
  • Issued: 09/19/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an electrical outlet box mounted on a stud between a front wall and a rear wall of a building structure, wherein the stud has a side wall and further has a front face covered by the front wall of the building structure, and wherein the electrical outlet box normally has a separate box support and a raised cover ring secured thereto, the separate box support normally being secured to the stud such that the electrical outlet box is spaced from the side wall of the stud, thereby causing undesired deflection of the electrical outlet box between the front wall and the rear all, an improvement comprising a single unitary member serving the dual function of the raised cover ring and the box support, means for securing the single unitary member to the electrical outlet box, the single unitary member including a planar flange extending laterally therefrom and disposed over the front face of the stud, said planar flange lying in the same plane as said means for securing, and means for securing the flange to the front face of the stud, such that the electrical outlet box abuts solidly against the side wall of the stud and is prevented from undesired deflection, and such that the necessity for a special far side box support between the electrical outlet box and the rear wall of the building structure is completely obviated.

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