Patent ID: 6953894

Claim:
In combination, an electric box having a screw mount adapted to be received in a wall opening, said screw mount having a screw opening, an electric device adapted to be mounted to said screw mount of said electric box, a mounting screw receivable in said screw opening for securing said electrical device to said electric box, and an electrical box extender for extending said electric box flush with a newly installed wall surface, said box extender having a tubular body sized to be received in said electric box, said tubular body including opposed sides and a top and bottom side interconnected between said opposed sides, a laterally outward flange connected to each of said opposed sides arranged to engage a newly installed wall surface, and said top and bottom sides being devoid of any outwardly extending flanges, whereby said box extender is solely maintained in position between said electric device and said electric box independently of said fastening screw.