Electrical junction box mounting bracket device and method

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A bracket device according to this invention is designed to be inserted into the hollow space within a hollow partition.
This partition has a front wall and a rear wall, with a hollow space therebetween.
Examples of such partitions include exterior walls of buildings and interior walls within buildings separating one room from another.
In this description, the exterior surface of the front wall faces the interior of the building or room, and the electrical device which is installed by means of the bracket device of the present invention is to be accessible from the exterior surface of the front wall.
Examples of such electrical devices include switches such as light switches, wall sockets, and telephone jacks.
The hollow partition typically seats against a floor, to which a floor track can be secured.
With reference to FIGS.
1A and 1B, a first version of a bracket device 10 embodying features of the present invention has a base 12.
The base 12 is fixedly attached to a floor 14 so that the bracket device 10 is firmly attached to the floor 14.
The base 12 is sized to fit a floor track 16, and the base 12 is secured to the floor track 16 by means of fasteners 18 inserted through fastener holes 20 in the base 12.
The device of the present invention can also be secured beneath the floor track 16 before the floor track 16 is installed on the floor 14.
The fasteners 18 can be nails, screws, or other conventional fasteners.
Attached perpendicularly to the base 12 and extending upwardly from it is a riser 22.
The riser 22 can narrow in width along its vertical length.
Attached to the upper portion of the riser 22 is an annular plate 24 having a front face 26 and a rear face 28 and having an opening 30 therethrough sufficiently large to receive an electrical device (not shown) designed to be inserted into the hollow partition and accessible from the front or room side of the front wall of the partition.
The annular plate 24 comprises a lower segment 111, side segments 23 and 25, and an upper segment 43