Patent ID: 7595448

Claim:
A mounting assembly for a ceiling mounted electrical box for supporting either light or heavy paddle fan fixtures comprising: an extra deep cylindrical electrical box supported by a support bar extending between two adjacent ceiling beams; said electrical box having a top wall and a bottom open end; apertures in said top wall having push-in clamping covers for accommodating wiring from different directions; mounting brackets along an inside surface of the cylindrical wall of said box terminating at a lower edge of said box to accommodate fixture plates; said electrical box having threaded holes in said top wall; an external support bracket supporting said electrical box, said external support bracket having a pair of wings; said external support bracket having an upwardly extending portion providing a recess for insertion of a support bar extending between two adjacent ceiling beams there through; each wing of said pair of wings having a threaded hole in registration with one of said threaded holes extending through said top wall of said electrical box; each of said wings having further at least one through hole permitting a long bolt therethrough, each said long bolt inserted extending beyond said bottom open end to bypass said electrical box from the stress of any thereby supported load.