ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,874, issued on July 29, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).
"Electrical box and conduit support plates" was invented by Victor Beristany (Mishawaka, Ind.) and Steven James Johnson (Buchanan, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides improved electrical box and conduit support plates that allow for central mounting of an electrical box to a support plate and mounting of electrical conduits for suspended installations in various orientations. The support plate includes a body having a plurality of built-in offsets, a plurality of built-in hanger tabs, and a plurality of clip mounting apertures that...