Patent ID: 6501021
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
A method for rigidly affixing an electrical device to an electrical box wherein said electrical device is spaced from said electrical box by a gap therebetween, said method comprising determining the width of said gap, choosing a shim from a plurality of shims of different thickness, said chosen shim having a thickness greater than the width of said gap, placing said chosen shim over an attachment device after said attachment device is placed through said electrical device but before said attachment device is attached to said electrical box, and attaching said attachment device to said electrical box wherein the step of placing said chosen shim over an attachment device prevents said shim from sliding off said attachment device by means for fractionally engaging said attachment device extending inwardly from sidewalls of an opening through said shim, said means for frictionally engaging said attachment device being a thin film of material within said opening.