Patent ID: 7616431

Claim:
A support assembly for an electrical enclosure, said electrical enclosure including a housing having a first side and a second side disposed opposite and distal from the first side, a plurality of electrical bus members, and at least one electrical switching apparatus structured to be disposed between the first side of said housing and the second side of said housing, said housing having a width between the first side and the second side, each of said electrical bus members being structured to be electrically connected to a corresponding one of said at least one electrical switching apparatus, said support assembly comprising: at least one support member, said at least one support member including a first end, a second end disposed opposite and distal from the first end, a first edge, a second edge disposed opposite and distal from the first edge, and a plurality of apertures extending from the first edge toward the second edge, said apertures being structured to receive said electrical bus members; and a fastener assembly structured to support said at least one support member between the first side of said housing of said electrical enclosure and the second side of said housing, wherein each of said at least one support member is structured to extend only a portion of the width between the first side of said housing of said electrical enclosure and the second side of said housing, wherein said at least one support member is structured to support said electrical bus members, without being attached to said housing of said electrical enclosure at a location between the first side of said housing and the second side of said housing, wherein said at least one support member is a first support member and a second support member; wherein the first end of said first support member is structured to be coupled to the first side of said housing of said electrical enclosure; wherein the second end of said first support member is coupled to the first end of said second support member; and wherein the second end of said second support member is structured to be coupled to the second side of said housing of said electrical enclosure, and wherein said fastener assembly comprises a plate member and a plurality of fasteners; wherein said plate member overlaps the second end of said first support member and the first end of said second support member; and wherein a number of said fasteners is inserted through said plate member and at least one of said first support member and said second support member in order to fasten said first support member to said second support member.