Patent ID: 6914187

Claim:
An electrical outlet box molded in one-piece of plastic material with alternative mounting flanges thereon, one of said flanges extending generally perpendicular to one box sidewall for attaching the box to a front surface of a wall stud and the other of said flanges extending generally parallel to an opposite box sidewall on an opposite side of the box from said one flange for attaching the box to a side surface of a wall stud, said box having a front opening with a front opening plane, said one flange having a rear flange surface facing away from said plane and said other flange having a front flange surface facing toward said plane, both said rear flange surface and said front flange surface being spaced the same distance from said plane, said one flange having a flange thickness generally perpendicular to said plane and said other flange having a flange thickness generally parallel to said plane, said flange thickness of said other flange being greater than said flange thickness of said one flange, said one flange having a flange width generally parallel to said plane and said other flange having a flange width generally perpendicular to said plane, said flange width of said one flange being greater than said flange width of said other flange, abutments projecting outwardly from the sidewall on which said other flange is located, and said abutments being spaced from said plane for engaging a stud front surface when said other flange is attached to a stud side surface.