Patent ID: 8455772

Claim:
A prefab bracket and open back junction box assembly comprising: a rectangular open back junction box having: four sides, opposite ones of the sides being parallel; an open front for mounting an electrical device and plaster ring; and an open back comprising a single opening about the same size as the open front and opposite the open front for accepting a detachable rear cover plate; a plaster ring attached to the open front of the open back junction box; an electrical device attached to the plaster ring opposite the open back junction box and extending into the interior of the open back junction box; first ends of electrical leads attached to the electrical device; free ends of each of the electrical leads; and the detachable rear cover plate attachable to the back of the open back junction box over the open back while leaving the free ends of the leads residing inside the junction box and unattached; wherein the open back junction box is a metal stamping formed into a rectangle and joined at an overlapped portion on only one side of the formed open back junction box; and includes an integrally formed interior ground screw receptacle formed at one end of the metal stamping such that the interior ground screw receptacle is aligned with the overlapped portion of the formed open back junction box.