Electrical box support bracket

Claim 1

A bracket for supporting an electrical box at a pre-selected height in the wall-framing space between metallic channel-type wall studs affixed to and extending vertically upward from a metallic U-shaped base channel, said bracket, comprising: (a) an elongated sheet metal channel member having a main wall and like side walls, said main wall presenting a front surface for the mounting thereon of an electrical box; and (b) a foot member for said elongated channel member formed from an extended section of the main wall of said channel member first folded rearwardly at a right angle from said main wall for a distance equal to the depth of said channel member, thence folded forwardly in a 360° tight bend forming a heel edge of said foot member and extending forwardly for a distance equal to the inner width of the base channel into which said foot member is to be placed, thence folded upwardly in a right angle bend for a distance equal to the inner height of the front side wall of said base channel, and finally folded downwardly in a 360° toe bend with an inner diameter equal to the thickness of the front side wall of said base channel and for a distance less than the outer height of said front side wall to form a front clamp portion of said foot member for clamping engagement of the upper lip portion of said front side wall to maintain said bracket in said base channel in a fixed vertical upright position.