Combination electrical box and mounting bracket assembly
First Claim
1. A mounting bracket for mounting an electrical box to a structural element, said mounting bracket comprising:
- a first weakened area and a second weakened area, wherein the first weakened area is adapted for enabling bending of the mounting bracket for defining an L-shaped mounting bracket, and further wherein the second weakened area is adapted for enabling further bending of the L-shaped mounting bracket for defining a lip portion, the lip portion being adapted to adjoin said electrical box to said mounting bracket, the L-shaped mounting bracket defining at least one hole for receiving at least one fastening member along an axis parallel to at least one of a plane of a vertical portion of the L-shaped mounting bracket and a horizontal portion of the L-shaped mounting bracket.
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Abstract
A combination electrical box and mounting bracket assembly is provided which includes an electrical box and a mounting bracket attached to the electrical box. The mounting bracket is configured and dimensioned for enabling the mounting bracket to be secured to a truss joist, especially to a floor truss joist, such as a TGI floor I truss joist. The mounting bracket is contoured to resemble the shape of a portion of the floor truss joist at which the mounting bracket is secured to. The combination assembly significantly reduces the force applied to the electrical box by electrical equipment and/or devices connected to wires/cable received by the electrical box as compared to prior art mounting brackets by distributing the force to a larger surface area of the mounting bracket and truss joist.
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5 Claims
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1. A mounting bracket for mounting an electrical box to a structural element, said mounting bracket comprising:
a first weakened area and a second weakened area, wherein the first weakened area is adapted for enabling bending of the mounting bracket for defining an L-shaped mounting bracket, and further wherein the second weakened area is adapted for enabling further bending of the L-shaped mounting bracket for defining a lip portion, the lip portion being adapted to adjoin said electrical box to said mounting bracket, the L-shaped mounting bracket defining at least one hole for receiving at least one fastening member along an axis parallel to at least one of a plane of a vertical portion of the L-shaped mounting bracket and a horizontal portion of the L-shaped mounting bracket. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for mounting an electrical box to a structural element, comprising:
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providing a mounting bracket having a first weakened area and a second weakened area; bending the mounting bracket at the first weakened area for defining an L-shaped configuration; bending the mounting bracket at the second weakened area for defining a lip portion, wherein the lip portion extends substantially perpendicularly from a horizontal portion of the L-shaped configuration; adjoining the electrical box to the lip portion; and attaching the mounting bracket to a portion of the structural element by providing at least one fastening member through at least one hole defined by the L-shaped configuration and along an axis parallel to at least one of a plane of a vertical portion of the L-shaped configuration and the horizontal portion of the L-shaped configuration.
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