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Adjustable recessed box

US11159004B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 31, 2019
Grant dateOct 26, 2021
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 30, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02G3/083
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for adjusting a junction box, to be recessed with respect to a ceiling, between a minimum ceiling thickness and a maximum ceiling thickness, utilizes a pair of hanger-bar-to-box-attachment-devices that are attached to both the junction box and to a pair of hanger-bars. The pair of hanger-bar-to-box-attachment-devices are attached to the junction box in an adjustable manner that is vertically slidable and lockable along a finite vertical path. And the pair of hanger-bar-to-box-attachment-devices that are also attached to the pair of hanger-bars, are adjustable in a horizontally slidable and lockable manner along a finite horizontal path, defined by a length of the pair of hanger-bars. The junction box may also have a set of height-markings on its exterior to facilitate adjusting the junction box to a desired height with respect to a given ceiling.

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