Floor stand for mounting electrical box and for supporting conduit

• US 6,590,155 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2001
• Issued: 07/08/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Paul A. Vrame
• Original Assignee: Paul A. Vrame
• Inventors: Vrame, Paul A., Vrame, Peter A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Reichard, Dean A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, DHIRUBHAI R
• Application Number:
  US09/930,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20020157845A1
• Time in Patent Office: 692 Days
• Field of Search: 174/50, 174/53, 174/54, 174/58, 174/60, 174/63, 174/64, 220/3.2, 220/3.3, 220/3.8, 220/3.6, 220/3.7, 248/906, 248/27.1, 248/205.1, 439/535
• US Class Current: 174/50
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/123 in thin walls
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/906 Electrical outlet box support

Abstract

A floor stand for mounting an electrical box and for supporting a conduit extending downwardly to the electrical box has a conduit-supporting flange projecting backwardly from an upper portion of the upright member and is adapted to mount an electrical box so as to bear against a back face of the floor stand, beneath the conduit-supporting flange, which has three apertures, each adapted to pass a conduit extending downwardly through the aperture, to an electrical box so mounted. The conduit-supporting flange has a slot communicating with each aperture, from an edge of the conduit-supporting flange, and the conduit-supporting flange has a tab adjacent to the slot. The tab is adapted to permit a conduit to enter that aperture from the edge of the conduit-supporting flange, via the slot, if the tab is bent sufficiently, and to block a conduit from exiting that aperture, via the slot, if tab is unbent. The floor stand has three wall-attachable flanges, each having a not-in-use position, in which it projects vertically, beneath the conduit-supporting flange, each having an in-use position, in which it projects backwardly and is attachable to a wall behind the floor stand.

Claims

1. A floor stand for mounting an electrical box and for supporting a conduit extending downwardly to the electrical box, the floor stand having a front face and a back face and having a conduit-supporting flange projecting backwardly from an upper portion of an upright member, the floor stand being adapted to mount the electrical box so as to bear against the back face of the floor stand, beneath the conduit-supporting flange, said flange having a plurality of apertures adapted to pass said conduit extending downwardly through one of said plurality of apertures to the electrical box, wherein the conduit-supporting flange is bendable, wherein the conduit supporting flange having a plurality of channels communicating with said plurality of apertures from an edge of the conduit-supporting flange, and wherein the conduit supporting flange having a plurality of tabs adjacent to said plurality of channels, wherein one of the tabs is adapted to permit said conduit to enter one of said apertures from the edge of the conduit-supporting flange via one of said channels, if the tab is bent sufficiently, and wherein one of the tabs is adapted to block said conduit from exiting one of the apertures via one of the channels, if the tab is unbent.

2. The floor stand of claim 1 wherein the floor stand has an equal number of like wall-attachable flanges, each wall-attachable flange being aligned vertically with one of said apertures, each wall-attachable flange having a not-in-use position, in which said wall-attachable flange projects vertically, beneath the conduit-supporting flange, each wall attachable flange having an in-use position, in which said wall attachable flange projects backwardly and is attachable to a wall behind the floor stand.