Stackable like-ganged electrical boxes

摘要

A method and structure of a system of electrical boxes having at least two screw boss channels and at least two screw protrusions wherein the screw boss channels are complimentary shaped to the screw protrusions for selectively nesting like-ganged electrical boxes while preventing nesting of dislike-ganged electrical boxes for more space-efficient storage of electrical boxes while increasing inventory control and accuracy.

主权项

1. A system of electrical boxes, comprising:
a first plurality of similarly sized electrical boxes each comprising:
four box side walls extending from a back wall to an open front, each of the four box side walls having an inner surface and an outer surface;a shoulder positioned between the back wall and the open front, the shoulder extending around the four box side walls and dividing the electrical box into a front portion that extends from the open front to the shoulder and a rear portion sized to nest within the open front of a different electrical box of the first plurality of electrical boxes;one or more screw protrusions protruding inwardly from the inner surface of two opposing box side walls of the four box side walls, each of the one or more screw protrusions extending from the open front to at least the shoulder and comprising a proximate portion having a first width adjacent the inner surface, a distal portion opposite the proximate portion and having a second width different than the first width, and two opposing non-parallel screw protrusion side walls extending between the proximate portion and the distal portion;said protrusion side walls configured to fit within one or more corresponding screw boss channels on the outer surface of each of the two opposing box side walls of the four side walls, each of the one or more screw boss channels comprising two opposing channel walls angled complementary to the screw protrusion sidewalls such that the one or more screw protrusions fit within the one or more screw boss channels of a different electrical box of the first plurality of electrical boxes when nested.