Patent ID: 8297579

Claim:
An electrical box hanger assembly for use on a suspended ceiling comprising: a one-piece elongated bar including a base portion, two sides extending upward from said base portion, a longitudinal axis, and two ends; an end piece secured to each end of said elongated bar, each of said end pieces including an end plate, two arms extending outward from said end plate, and two legs extending downward from said end plate; an electrical box extending upward from said elongated bar, said electrical box including a bottom wall in contact with said elongated bar, sidewalls, and a pair of apertures in said bottom wall; a center bracket for securing said electrical box to said bar, said center bracket is of substantially U-shaped cross-section including a bottom, two sides, and two wings extending from said sides of said center bracket; a fastening arrangement for securing said electrical box to said elongated bar in either of two orientations; said fastening arrangement for securing said electrical box to said elongated bar includes two pairs of apertures in said wings of said center bracket, each of said pairs of apertures aligned upon an axis, said axes through each of said pairs of apertures are at an angle of 45° with respect to one another; and said orientations including a first orientation with said sidewalls of said electrical box at a 45° angle with respect to said longitudinal axis of said bar and a second orientation with said sidewalls of said electrical box square with respect to said longitudinal axis of said bar.