Floor stand for electrical box having plaster ring

• US 6,573,449 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2001
• Issued: 06/03/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Paul A. Vrame
• Original Assignee: Paul A. Vrame
• Inventors: Vrame, Peter A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Reichard, Dean A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, DHIRUBHAI R
• Application Number:
  US09/841,867
• Publication Number:
  US 20020157850A1
• Time in Patent Office: 769 Days
• Field of Search: 174/58, 174/50, 174/63, 174/48, 220/4.02, 220/3.6, 220/3.9, 220/3.8, 220/475, 522/207, 522/208, 248/906, 248/300, 248/311.2, 312/242, 312/245
• US Class Current: 174/58
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/123 in thin walls
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/906 Electrical outlet box support

Abstract

A floor stand having two parallel uprights mounts an electrical box having a plaster ring, via fasteners passing between the parallel uprights, whereby the parallel uprights are clamped between the plaster ring and the electrical box.

Claims

1. A floor stand for mounting an electrical box having a plaster ring, the electrical box defining a generally rectangular cavity, which is bounded by an upper wall, a lower wall, and two lateral walls, each said wall having a distal edge, the plaster ring defining a generally rectangular frame, which is bounded by an upper member, a lower member, and two lateral members and which is fastenable to the electrical box, the floor stand having two parallel uprights, each having an upper end and a lower end, the floor stand having an upper structure bridging the upper ends of the two parallel uprights and a lower structure bridging the lower ends of the parallel uprights, the parallel uprights being positionable between the lateral members of the plaster ring and the distal edges of the lateral walls of the electrical box, whereby when the plaster ring is fastened to the electrical box, via fasteners passing between the parallel uprights of the floor stand, so that the upper member of the plaster ring is aligned with the distal edge of the upper wall of the electrical box, so that the lower member of the plaster ring is aligned with the distal edge of the lower wall of the electrical box, and so that each of the lateral members of the plaster ring is aligned with the distal edge of one of the lateral walls of the electrical box, the parallel uprights of the floor stand can be thus clamped between the lateral members of the plaster ring and the distal edges of the lateral walls of the electrical box.

2. The floor stand of claim 1 wherein each of the parallel uprights of the floor stand has an outer, backturned, stiffening flange.

3. A combination comprising an electrical box having a plaster ring, and a floor stand mounting the electrical box having the plaster ring, the electrical box defining a generally rectangular cavity, which is bounded by an upper wall, a lower wall, and two lateral walls, each said wall having a distal edge, the plaster ring defining a generally rectangular frame, which is bounded by an upper member, a lower member, and two lateral members and which is fastenable to the electrical box, the floor stand having two parallel uprights, each having an upper end and a lower end, the floor stand having an upper structure bridging the upper ends of the two parallel uprights and a lower structure bridging the lower ends of the parallel uprights, the parallel uprights being positioned between the lateral members of the plaster ring and the distal edges of the lateral walls of the electrical box, the plaster ring being fastened to the electrical box, via fasteners passing between the parallel uprights of the floor stand, so that the upper member of the plaster ring is aligned with the distal edge of the upper wall of the electrical box, so that the lower member of the plaster ring is aligned with the distal edge of the lower wall of the electrical box, and so that each of the lateral members of the plaster ring is aligned with the distal edge of one of the lateral walls of the electrical box, whereby the parallel uprights of the floor stand are clamped between the lateral members of the plaster ring and the distal edges of the lateral walls of the electrical box.

4. The combination of claim 3 wherein each of the parallel uprights of the floor stand has an outer, backturned, stiffening flange.