Patent ID: 8158882

Claim:
A hanger for the adjustable suspension of an electrical box having a knockout aperture from an overhead member comprising: an elongated wire; a knockout engagement member including a vertical flange with an aperture therein and a snap ring having a locking tang thereon for insertion in said knockout aperture of said electrical box; and a wire gripper including a passageway there through, a threaded bore orthogonal to said passageway, a rear aperture in said body opposing said threaded bore, said rear aperture including opposing sides, a pair of flanges extending from said opposing sides of said rear aperture, each of said flanges including an aperture therein, and a screw in said threaded bore, whereby said elongated wire is secured to said overhead member, through said passageway of said wire gripper, through said aperture of said knockout engagement member, through said passageway of said wire gripper, thence through said apertures in said flanges and said screw is tightened against said elongated wire within said threaded bore of said wire gripper and against said elongated wire through said apertures in said flanges thereby securing said electrical box to said overhead support.