Patent ID: 8476541

Claim:
A junction/outlet box locking insert comprising: an insert body with an outer insert body surface and an inner axially extending pass through region having an open end and an electrical cable/conduit end stop with a central electrical conductor pass through opening, said outer insert body surface having a dimension smaller than a dimension of an opening of a sidewall of a plurality of sidewalls of a junction/outlet box when inserted into an opening of the junction/outlet box; a retainer flange connected with said insert body at an axial end thereof; an insert stop device cooperating with said retainer flange for fixing said insert body to the junction/outlet box; and a flexible locking finger arrangement connected to said insert body and including a locking finger extending radially inwardly of said outer insert body surface, said locking finger being self-actuating whereby said locking finger has a rest state such that said locking finger is in a path of a conduit or a metallic sheath of an electrical cable being inserted into said opening and said locking finger engages the conduit or the metallic sheath of the electrical cable upon an end of the conduit or the metallic sheath of the electrical cable being inserted into said opening up to said electrical cable/conduit stop, said retainer flange and said insert stop device positioning said insert body relative to the junction/outlet box such that said locking finger engages the conduit or the metallic sheath of the electrical cable within the junction/outlet box.