US 11,837,858 B1
Electrical box with fastening devices
George Emmanuel Mon, Ladera Ranch, CA (US)
Filed by George Emmanuel Mon, Ladera Ranch, CA (US)
Filed on May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/323,273.
Int. Cl. H02G 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/121 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical box with fastening devices comprising:
four box body sides and a box body back joined where they meet and that together with a box body open face form an electrical box body wherein one said box body side is a box body housing side, said box body housing side possessing one or a plurality of box body openings, and
one or a plurality of externally situated fastener housings joined to a box body housing side, said externally situated fastener housing or housings further comprising:
a fastener axis,
a fastener head recess substantially aligned and cooperating with one said box body opening, the fastener head recess placed concentrically about the fastener axis and proceeding outwardly from the box body housing side along the fastener axis and terminating at a fastener transition portion, and
a fastener shaft recess substantially aligned and cooperating with the fastener transition portion, the fastener shaft recess placed concentrically about the fastener axis and proceeding outwardly from the fastener transition portion along the fastener axis towards a housing distal face wherein the fastener shaft recess intersects with said housing distal face and forms a distal face fastener opening,
the fastener head recess, the fastener transition portion and the fastener shaft recess together circumscribing portions of a fastener, limiting fastener travel along the fastener axis and constraining and guiding the fastener along the fastener axis, so as to facilitate electrical box fastening to building assembly framing.