Electrical box and mounting bracket assembly

Claim 1

An electrical outlet box and mounting bracket assembly comprising: a synthetic resin box forming an open-sided enclosure having at least one side wall; a pair of spaced channel elements on said side wall, each of said channel elements defining a respective channel space and including: a retention plate extending substantially parallel to said side wall; a spacer plate projecting between and interconnecting the retention plate and the side wall; and an engaging tab projecting normal to said retention plate and to said spacer plate at one end of the respective channel space, the distance separating the engaging tabs being less than the distance separating the spacer plates; and an L-shaped bracket including: an engaging flange having a first edge and having side edges extending into the channel elements at a location between the box and the respective retention plates of the channel elements into which the respective side edges extend; a mounting flange extending normal to the plane of the engaging flange and having one edge thereof connected to said first edge of said engaging flange; and flexible, resilient tongue means connected to said engaging flange adjacent its first edge connected to said mounting flange and engaging said engaging tabs to prevent movement of said bracket in a direction normal to the plane of said mounting flange, said tongue means including undercuts receiving said engaging tabs.