ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,130, issued on March 4, was assigned to ERICO International Corp. (Solon, Ohio).

"Mounting bracket with bendable tabs for electrical boxes" was invented by Michael Hung-Sun Oh (Twinsburg, Ohio) and James Anthony Bukowski (Akron, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting bracket for electrical boxes that can include a mounting body with a central opening, a front face, a first and second set of keyhole features, a first bendable tab located adjacent a first side of the central opening, and a second bendable tab located adjacent a second side of the central opening. The first bendable tab can be bendable rearward away from the fro...