Electrical box support

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an improved support for an electrical box which is adaptable to various circumstances and presents no danger of interference with wiring or devices installed in the box.
A further object is to provide such a support which is easily manufactured, is inexpensive, and is quick and easy to install.
Briefly described, the invention comprises a support structure for an electrical box of the type having a back wall, first and second generally parallel sidewalls, an open front and means for mounting the box with the first sidewall against a stud and with the back wall extending away from the stud between two generally parallel sheets of wall material.
The depth of the box, measured in the direction perpendicular to the sheets of wall material, is significantly less than the distance between the inner surfaces of the sheets.
The support structure comprises a hole of preselected size extending through the backwall closer to the second sidewall than the first sidewall, and a support member comprising an elongated body of electrically nonconductive material having retainer means at one end dimensioned to be received in and to engage the hole in the backwall.
A stop flange adjacent the retainer means abuts an outer surface of the backwall of the box to establish a depth to which the retainer means extends into the box.
The elongated body also has means defining a plurality of recesses substantially uniformly spaced along the body from the other end thereof to a location near the stop flange, the recesses forming weakened regions at which the body can be readily broken to remove a portion of the body of selected length and to thereby reduce the length of the support member to a length, measured between the remaining end thereof and the stop flange, which is substantially equal to the difference between the depth of the box and the distance between the inner surfaces of the wall material, thereby forming a support to restrict movement of the box between the sheets of wall material