US 11,739,882 B2
Bracket for adjustable-depth mounting of electrical boxes
Jeffrey Alan Wilson, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US); Michael Hung-Sun Oh, Twinsburg, OH (US); and Kevin Jacobs, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US)
Assigned to ERICO International Corporation, Solon, OH (US)
Filed by ERICO International Corporation, Solon, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/952,197.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/987,041, filed on Mar. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/941,492, filed on Nov. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0156512 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. H02G 3/00 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01); H02G 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 13/022 (2013.01) [H02G 3/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bracket assembly for adjustable-depth mounting of an electrical box relative to a support structure, the bracket assembly comprising:
a support body that is configured to be secured to the support structure, the support body including a body opening that is fully enclosed by the support body and sized to slidably receive the electrical box;
a first support arm that extends integrally from a first edge of the body opening to a first free end and that includes a first bend configured to dispose the first free end behind a first corner of a rear wall of the electrical box, with a first support portion of the first support arm that is proximate the first free end rotatably supporting a threaded fastener that is configured to threadedly engage with the electrical box to be rotatable from inside the electrical box to adjust a depth of the electrical box within the body opening;
a second support arm that extends integrally from a second edge of the body opening, opposite the first edge, to a second free end and that includes a second bend configured to dispose the second free end behind a second corner of a rear wall of the electrical box, opposite the first corner, with a second support portion of the second support arm that is proximate the second free end rotatably supporting a threaded fastener that is configured to threadedly engage with the electrical box to be rotatable from inside the electrical box to adjust a depth of the electrical box within the body opening; and
a plurality of guide tabs that extend integrally from the support body into alignment with the body opening, the guide tabs being configured to biasingly engage side walls of the electrical box to guide movement of the electrical box within the opening.