Patent ID: 8242360

Claim:
An electrical junction box apparatus adapted for mounting on a drywall having an outer surface and an interior surface, the apparatus comprising: a hollow body having an opening defined by an upper side, a bottom side, a left side and a right side, said upper side and said bottom side being each provided with a pair of spaced apart slots; a pair of tabs secured on a corner of the upper side and bottom side of the hollow body, each of the tabs having a first cylindrical part and a second part unitarily formed with the first part and extending at right angles to the first part and having an opening there through a turning or tightening screw through the opening can be frictionally engaged to pivotally move between a retracted position inside the hollow body and an extended position extending, at least in part, through one of the pair of corresponding slots formed in the upper side and the bottom side; and a pair of transverse flange members secured to a front edge of the body, said flange members being configured to contact the interior surface of the drywall when the hollow body is mounted in an opening formed in the drywall.