Electrical box mounting bracket

DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is the object of the present invention to provide a mounting bracket for mounting electrical boxes and electrical devices in which the mounting bracket is universal with respect to a plurality of different sizes of electrical boxes and electrical devices.
According to the invention, a mounting bracket comprises a generally planar mounting panel which is adapted at one end to be secured to a wall stud and which includes a pair of stabilizing or support legs cut and bent from the material of the mounting panel so as to extend at right angles thereto.
Each of the legs includes a bent distal end for engaging and opposing wall panel.
The mounting panel comprises a central opening which is formed and defined by first and second opposed sections which are connected by third and fourth opposed sections.
The first section includes holes for mounting the panel to a wall stud and the second section includes holes for alignment with the holes of the first section of a like bracket for the ganging of such brackets.
The first section and the second sections each include an offset so that the third and fourth sections are recessed to a accommodate the thickness of the heads of mounting screws, mounting tabs and the like.
The third and fourth sections include slots for receiving the shanks of mounting screws, the slots of the third section opening into the central opening and the slots of the fourth section including a first portion dimensioned so as to receive the heads of the mounting screws and a second portion for receiving the shank of a mounting screw as the box is moved along the bracket.
Inasmuch as safety is always of concern, there are no sharp corners or edges in the central opening in that all of the "corners" are rounded.