Patent ID: 7659479

Claim:
A tool for installing electrical boxes, comprising: an elongate staff comprising at least first and second sections, said staff convertible between a first configuration wherein said first and second sections are coupled together in a coaxial, end-to-end arrangement, and a second configuration wherein said first and second sections are disposed in a non-coaxial arrangement for storage of the tool; an electrical box mounting fixture slidably adjustably disposed on said staff, said mounting fixture having a first side and a second side; graduations on said staff, said graduations defining predetermined spacings from a center of the electrical box to an end of said staff; a first planar surface on said first side of said mounting fixture and adapted to engage an open end of the electrical box; and a second planar surface on said first side of said mounting fixture and adapted to engage a framing stud; said first and second planar surfaces spaced relative to one another to define a mounting depth position of the electrical box relative to the framing stud.