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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1989
Donald Warren, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An alignment tool for simultaneously and accurately installing a commercial electrical box on each side of a stud, which can be made of wood or metal, has a tube mounted to a frame and stud standoff gauges mounted to the tube or the frame and a box holder assembly mounted on the tube with first and second side surfaces separated by the width of about 2 1/16 inches and having depth tabs on both the first and second side surfaces of the box holder assembly placed with respect to the stud standoff gauges to provide for an electrical box setback of about .dbd. inch from the front of the stud, which accounts for a plaster ring flange depth. A box holding spring is provided for holding commercial electrical boxes on the box holder assembly. First and second binary gauges are mounted on the tube below the box holder assembly with each binary gauge having two positions for selecting the centerline alignment for either '4-S' '5-S' commercial electrical boxes. Sockets are provided in the frame for mounting a height gauge for setting the vertical distance between a plane such as a floor or ceiling and the centerline alignment of the commercial electrical boxes.