Patent ID: 6573449
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: H02G,Y10S

Abstract:
A floor stand for mounting an electrical box having a plaster ring, the electrical box defining a generally rectangular cavity, which is bounded by an upper wall, a lower wall, and two lateral walls, each said wall having a distal edge, the plaster ring defining a generally rectangular frame, which is bounded by an upper member, a lower member, and two lateral members and which is fastenable to the electrical box, the floor stand having two parallel uprights, each having an upper end and a lower end, the floor stand having an upper structure bridging the upper ends of the two parallel uprights and a lower structure bridging the lower ends of the parallel uprights, the parallel uprights being positionable between the lateral members of the plaster ring and the distal edges of the lateral walls of the electrical box, whereby when the plaster ring is fastened to the electrical box, via fasteners passing between the parallel uprights of the floor stand, so that the upper member of the plaster ring is aligned with the distal edge of the upper wall of the electrical box, so that the lower member of the plaster ring is aligned with the distal edge of the lower wall of the electrical box, and so that each of the lateral members of the plaster ring is aligned with the distal edge of one of the lateral walls of the electrical box, the parallel uprights of the floor stand can be thus clamped between the lateral members of the plaster ring and the distal edges of the lateral walls of the electrical box.