Patent ID: 7378590

Claim:
A multi-use electrical box comprising: first and second side walls, lower and upper walls forming a front opening into said electrical box, and a rear wall; said first side wall having a pair of removable alignment tabs extending therefrom; said lower and upper walls having external grooves for accommodating external attachment nails; a plurality of exit holes in said first side wall for at least one fastener screw; means removably mounted in said electrical box for receiving said at least one fastener screw, said removably mounted means comprises a single fastener mounting block for a single fastener or a two fastener mounting block for a dual set of fasteners, a single angled screw guide for said at least one fastener screw in registry with one of said plurality of exit holes; or, a plurality of angled screw guides for a plurality of said fastener screws in registry with said plurality of exit holes; an interior surface of said first side wall has at least one rail for receiving either said single fastener mounting block or said two fastener mounting block for said dual set of fasteners said mounting block comprising said removably mounted means; each of said mounting blocks having at least one partially extending, closed ended mounting slot for engaging said at least one rail located inside of said first side wall, wherein said plurality of exit holes in said first side wall are in positional register with said plurality of screw guides in said mounting block when said at least one slot is pushed in said box to the full extent onto said at least one rail, and, said at least one slot is the same size as said at least one rail.