Electrical box straddling a construction stud

• US 7,109,414 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2004
• Issued: 09/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Paul Reynolds
• Original Assignee: Paul Reynolds
• Inventors: Reynolds, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Estrada, Angel R.
• Application Number:
  US10/986,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20060102371A1
• Time in Patent Office: 676 Days
• Field of Search: 174/48, 174/50, 174/53, 174/57, 174/58, 174/54, 174/61, 174/17.R, 220/3.2, 220/3.3, 220/3.4, 220/3.5, 220/3.6, 220/3.7, 220/3.8, 220/3.9, 220/4.02, 220/231.9, 248/906, 248/343, 248/231.9, D13/152
• US Class Current: 174/50
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/086 Assembled boxes
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/906 Electrical outlet box support

Abstract

An electrical straddle box that includes a pair of electrical boxes sized to fit between construction studs and are joined alongside one another by a U shaped saddle, where the saddle legs are the opposing sides of the electrical boxes, and the saddle web is the width of, and is for fastening to, a center construction stud. Each electrical box includes a removable back panel with spaced holes therein for use in mounting low voltage components, distribution modules such as connector bars or strips, and wiring, and includes a hinge connected cover for fitting over both the electrical boxes.

Claims

1. An electrical straddle box comprising, a pair of rectangular electrical boxes each having a width to fit between adjacent construction studs, and said electrical boxes are separated from each other by a center construction stud;

a U-shaped saddle whose legs are adjacent inner ends of each of said pair of electrical boxes and including a web member of a width to fit over said center construction stud;

means for attachment of said U-shaped saddle web to an outer edge across the width of said center construction stud to position each of said pair of electrical boxes fitted in an area between said center construction stud and an adjacent construction stud for providing a flush mounting of said straddle box across said adjacent and center construction studs; and

a cover arranged to fit over, and be secured across, the pair of rectangular electrical boxes and saddle, and said cover is hinge connected to an outer top edge of the outer side of one of said electrical boxes to swing outwardly, exposing the interiors of both of said electrical boxes.

2. The electrical straddle box as recited in claim 1, further including a straight bar having dog leg bends in its opposite ends, said straight bar having a length and width to fit over and extend the length of the saddle web, to be spaced a distance above said saddle web so as to provide a passage of cables and wires across said saddle web, beneath said straight bar.

3. The electrical straddle box as recited in claim 1, further including a pair of thin rectangular removable back panels, with said back panels having dimensions to, and are for fitting in, each of the pair of electrical boxes and for mounting onto the back of each said pair of electrical boxes, and each said back panel has a plurality of spaced holes formed therein.

4. The electrical straddle box as recited in claim 1, wherein the top, bottom and outer sides of each of the electrical boxes includes a plurality of spaced knock outs that are removable to form holes therethrough.

5. The electrical straddle box as recited in claim 4, wherein some of the knock outs have greater or less diameters than one another and can have other than round shapes.

6. An electrical straddle box comprising, a pair of rectangular electrical boxes each having a width to fit between adjacent construction studs, and said electrical boxes are separated from each other by a center construction stud;

a U-shaped saddle whose legs are adjacent inner ends of each of said pair of electrical boxes and including a web member of a width to fit over said center construction stud;

means for attachment of said U-shaped saddle web to an outer edge across the width of said center construction stud to position each of said pair of electrical boxes fitted in an area between said center construction stud and an adjacent construction stud for providing a flush mounting of said straddle box across said adjacent and center construction studs;

a cover arranged to fit over, and be secured across, the pair of rectangular electrical boxes and saddle; and

a straight bar having dog led bends in its opposite ends, with said straight bar having a length and width to fit over and extend the length of said saddle web, to be spaced a distance above said saddle web so as to provide a passage of cables and wires across said saddle web, beneath said straight bar.

7. The electrical straddle box as recited in claim 6, further including a pair of thin rectangular removable back panels, with said back panels having dimensions to, and are for fitting in, each of the pair of electrical boxes and for mounting onto the back of each said pair of electrical boxes, and each said back panel has a plurality of spaced holes formed therein.

8. The electrical straddle box as recited in claim 7, wherein the top, bottom and outer sides of each of the electrical boxes includes a plurality of spaced knock outs that are removable to form holes therethrough.

9. The electrical straddle box as recited in claim 8, wherein some of the knock outs have greater or less diameters than one another and can have other than round shapes.