Mounting for electrical outlet box

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like numerals designate like parts, an outlet box 20 of one standard size carries a pair of diagonally disposed corner fastening means such as mounting screws 21.
A cooperating dry wall ring 22 of matching size has cooperating fastening means receiving openings such as corner slots 23 and 24 to receive the shanks of screws 21 prior to their tightening, as disclosed in the referenced parent application.
An L-shaped mounting bracket 25 for supporting the outlet box 20 and dry wall ring 22 on a metal wall stud 26 includes a front panel 27 having a main opening 28 to register with the open side of the outlet box 20, and a rearwardly extending right angular stabilizing extension or flange 29, substantially as disclosed in the parent application.
In accordance with a feature of this invention, the front panel 27 of bracket 25 is provided near its four corners with two separate groups of access openings such as apertures 30 and 30a, there being four apertures in each group, as shown.
The apertures in both groups are sized to allow passage therethrough of the shanks of outlet box mounting screws, such as the screws 21, prior to tightening the screws to complete the joining of the box and dry wall ring to the mounting bracket.
More particularly, the apertures 30 are spaced and aligned to receive the screws 21 of the standard size box 20, such screws 21 also properly engaging the dry wall ring 22 of a matching size, as shown in FIG.
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The second group of apertures 30a which are more widely spaced than the apertures 30 can receive the mounting screws of a larger standard size outlet box, not shown, and the screws 21 of such larger outlet box are received in the corner slots of a similarly larger standard size dry wall ring 22a shown in phantom lines in FIG.
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Thus, the mounting bracket 25 possesses increased utility and versatility compared to the mounting bracket in the parent application by virtue of the provision of a second set of screw-receiving apertures in its forward panel 27