US 12,244,130 B2
Mounting bracket with bendable tabs for electrical boxes
Michael Hung-Sun Oh, Twinsburg, OH (US); and James Anthony Bukowski, Akron, OH (US)
Assigned to ERICO International Corporation, Solon, OH (US)
Filed by ERICO International Corporation, Solon, OH (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/591,411.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/151,426, filed on Feb. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0271521 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. H02G 3/12 (2006.01); H02G 3/08 (2006.01); H02G 3/14 (2006.01); H02G 3/22 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/126 (2013.01) [H02G 3/081 (2013.01); H02G 3/086 (2013.01); H02G 3/14 (2013.01); H02G 3/22 (2013.01); H05K 5/0204 (2013.01); H05K 5/0217 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mounting bracket for electrical boxes, the mounting bracket comprising:
an integrally-formed mounting body that includes:
a central opening sized for access to an interior of an electrical box;
a plurality of keyhole features arranged around the central opening, including a first set of keyhole features oriented to selectively receive first fasteners along a first elongate direction to secure a first electrical box to the mounting bracket and a second set of keyhole features oriented to selectively receive second fasteners along a second elongate direction to secure a second electrical box to the mounting bracket;
a first bendable tab located adjacent a first side of the central opening on a first side of the mounting body; and
a second bendable tab located adjacent a second side of the central opening on a second side of the mounting body, opposite the first side of the central opening, at least one of the first bendable tab or the second bendable tab defining part of an edge of the central opening;
the first bendable tab being bendable, about a first pre-formed bend feature that defines a first-tab bend axis, rearward away from a front face of the mounting body to engage an exterior surface of a side wall of the first electrical box and thereby secure the first fasteners within the first set of keyhole features; and
the second bendable tab being bendable, about a second pre-formed bend feature that defines a second-tab bend axis that is perpendicular to the first-tab bend axis, rearward away from the front face of the mounting body to engage an interior surface of a side wall of the second electrical box and thereby secure the second fasteners within the second set of keyhole features.