Patent ID: 6666419
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: H02G,Y10S

Abstract:
For mounting between two building studs, which are spaced within a range of spacings, a combination comprising an electrical box, a plaster ring, a fastener or fasteners for fastening the plaster ring to the electrical box, and a bracket assembly,wherein the bracket assembly comprises a first bracket and a second bracket, each bracket having a mounting base, which is adapted for mounting to one of the building studs, each bracket having two parallel legs, which extend from the mounting base of said bracket, wherein each parallel leg of each bracket has a proximal end, at which said parallel leg extends from the mounting base of said bracket, and a distal end, which is not connected to any other part of said bracket except through said parallel leg, wherein the first and second brackets are positioned so that at least part of each of the parallel legs of the first bracket lies in front or back of, wraps partly above, below, and around and is adapted to slide along at least part of one of the parallel legs of the second bracket when the mounting bases are mounted to the building studs, the first and second brackets being slidably adjustable with infinite adjustability to accommodate any spacing of the building studs within a range of spacings, wherein the electrical box lies under and engages two parallel legs among the parallel legs of the first and second brackets, the plaster ring overlies and engages two parallel legs among the parallel legs of the first and second brackets, and the plaster ring is fastened to the electrical box by the fastener or fasteners.