In a dual-sided mounting bracket for electrical junction boxes, wherein the mounting bracket comprises first and second stud coupling members and first and second junction box receiving members adjacent the respective stud coupling members, and an offset portion interposed between the first and second junction box receiving sections, and wherein each junction box receiving section has two expansive sides and two lengthwise extending edges and is adapted for mounting an electrical junction box or electrical junction boxes to a given one of the expansive sides of such junction box receiving section, each junction box receiving section has two flanges, each extending along a given one of the lengthwise extending edges of such junction box receiving section and projecting from the other one of the expansive sides of such junction box receiving section, so as to project away from an electrical junction box or electrical junction boxes mounted to the given one of the expansive sides of such junction box receiving section. Each junction box receiving section has a single tab, which can be bent back so as to support said junction box receiving station against an adjacent wall panel, and which can be bent back along either of two bending lines, so as to accommodate either of two spacings from the adjacent wall panel.
In a dual-sided mounting bracket for electrical junction boxes, wherein the mounting bracket comprises first and second stud coupling members and first and second junction box receiving members adjacent the respective stud coupling members, and an offset portion interposed between the first and second junction box receiving sections, and wherein each junction box receiving section has two expansive sides and two lengthwise extending edges and is adapted for mounting an electrical junction box or electrical junction boxes to a given one of the expansive sides of such junction box receiving section, each junction box receiving section has two flanges, each extending along a given one of the lengthwise extending edges of such junction box receiving section and projecting from the other one of the expansive sides of such junction box receiving section, so as to project away from an electrical junction box or electrical junction boxes mounted to the given one of the expansive sides of such junction box receiving section. Each junction box receiving section has a single tab, which can be bent back so as to support said junction box receiving station against an adjacent wall panel, and which can be bent back along either of two bending lines, so as to accommodate either of two spacings from the adjacent wall panel.
For an electrical box having an open front, mounting an electrical device, and having a plaster ring, which fastens to the electrical box, around the open front, and which has a projecting portion defining a generally rectangular aperture providing access to the electrical device, through the open front, after the electrical box, the electrical device, and the plaster ring have been installed behind a wall panel, such as a drywall panel, a protective cover is mountable removably to the plaster ring so as at least substantially to cover the generally rectangular aperture of the plaster ring, whereby to protect the electrical device against foreign matter, damage, or both while an aperture accommodating the projecting portion of the plaster ring is cut into the wall panel or while the wall panel is being decorated near the aperture accommodating the projecting portion of the plaster ring. In one contemplated embodiment, the protective cover is made from steel and has a window, which has a transparent sight made from a transparent, polymeric material enabling a person to view the electrical device through the generally rectangular aperture of the plaster ring and through the open front of the electrical box while the protective cover is mounted to the plaster ring. In another contemplated embodiment, the protective cover in its entirety is made from such a transparent, polymeric material.
A floor stand for mounting an electrical box and for supporting a conduit extending downwardly to the electrical box has a conduit-supporting flange projecting backwardly from an upper portion of the upright member and is adapted to mount an electrical box so as to bear against a back face of the floor stand, beneath the conduit-supporting flange, which has three apertures, each adapted to pass a conduit extending downwardly through the aperture, to an electrical box so mounted. The conduit-supporting flange has a slot communicating with each aperture, from an edge of the conduit-supporting flange, and the conduit-supporting flange has a tab adjacent to the slot. The tab is adapted to permit a conduit to enter that aperture from the edge of the conduit-supporting flange, via the slot, if the tab is bent sufficiently, and to block a conduit from exiting that aperture, via the slot, if tab is unbent. The floor stand has three wall-attachable flanges, each having a not-in-use position, in which it projects vertically, beneath the conduit-supporting flange, each having an in-use position, in which it projects backwardly and is attachable to a wall behind the floor stand.