Electrical box support bracket
US4790505A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 1988 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S248/906
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A sheet metal channel-shaped bracket for supporting an electrical box at a pre-selected height in the wall-framing space between metallic channel-type wall studs affixed to and extending vertically upward from a metallic U-shaped base channel affixed to the floor of a building structure. The bracket has an elongataed channel-shaped member including a main wall and like side walls with the main wall presenting a front surface for mounting an electrical box thereon. The main wall of the bracket includes an extended sections which is folded into a series of portions which form a foot member for the bracket. The foot member of the bracket has a heel edge designed to engage the rear side wall of the base channel when the bracket is positioned within the base channel and the foot member has a toe bend at the front end of the foot member which forms a clamp for engaging the upper lip portion of the front side wall of the base channel for maintaining the bracket, and an electrical box affixed thereto, in a fixed vertical upright position.
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