Patent ID: 7735511

Claim:
A laundry box assembly for providing access to a drain line in a wall for draining a washing machine and at least one water supply line in a wall for supplying water to a washing machine, said system comprising: a) a supply box having two end walls and two side walls, one of said end walls of said supply box having at least one supply opening formed therein, said at least one supply opening sized to receive a respective water supply line; each of said side walls of said supply box having a clip receiving slot formed on an exterior surface thereof; b) a drain box formed separate from said supply box and having a top end wall, a bottom end wall and two side walls, said bottom end wall having a drain opening formed therein; said drain box further having a collar extending outward from said first wall and surrounding said drain opening, said collar sized to connect to said drain line with said drain opening in said drain box extending in communication with the end of the drain line connected to said collar; each of said side walls of said drain box having a clip receiving slot formed on an exterior surface thereof; and c) a clip for interconnecting said supply box to said drain box said clip having a pair of legs connected together by a connecting member, a first of said legs selectively receivable within one of said clip receiving slots in said supply box and a second of said legs selectively receivable within one of said clip receiving slots in said drain box, said legs of said clip are spaced apart a distance selected to allow the narrow dimension of a standard wall stud to be interposed therebetween.