Patent ID: 8269102

Claim:
A retrofit electrical box assembly comprising: an electrical box having at least one side wall, a back wall, and an open front end defining a space within the electrical box, and a front perimeter edge having at least one front flange with a rear surface; at least one moveable brace responsive to a brace actuator, the brace actuator comprising a surface engaged with a selectively releasable restraint tab on the at least one side wall of the electrical box, wherein linear movement of the brace actuator away from the open front end of the electrical box moves the at least one moveable brace toward the at least one front flange and moves the brace actuator through the restraint, wherein the selectively releasable restraint tab is configured to engage the surface of the brace actuator at any of a plurality of locations along a length of the brace actuator and disengage the surface of the brace actuator upon actuation of the releasable restraint tab; wherein the at least one movable brace is configured to impinge a wall surface material between the at least one movable brace and the rear surface of the front flange when the electrical box is installed on the wall surface material and the linear brace actuator is pulled away from the open front end of the electrical box.