Patent ID: 7472875

Claim:
A bracket for mounting an electrical box on a mounting bar device of the type having an elongate bracket mounting section and a pair of fastening sections at opposite ends of the bracket mounting section adapted to be secured to spaced apart wall studs such that the bracket mounting section extends between the wall studs when the sections are secured to the studs, the bracket comprising a central section having opposite ends and a generally channel-shaped recess therein extending from one end of the central section to the opposite end of the central section, at least a first fastener element for use in securing the electrical box to the central section of the bracket, end sections at the opposite ends of the central section having bar device openings generally aligned with the channel-shaped recess of the central section, the channel-shaped recess and the aligned bar device openings being adapted to slidably receive the bracket mounting section of the mounting bar device whereby the bracket may be slidably moved along the bracket mounting section to a selected position, and at least a second fastener element for use in securing at least one of the end sections of the bracket to the bracket mounting section of the mounting bar device in said selected position, wherein the central section of the bracket comprises a rear wall and upper and lower side walls projecting forward from the rear wall to define the channel-shaped recess, a top flange extending up from the upper side wall, and a bottom flange extending down from the lower side wall.