Peter Anton Vrame

6462278, Oct 8, 2002

Sep 6, 2001

09/948344

Peter A. Vrame - Barrington Hills IL

S-P Products, Inc. - Elk Grove Village IL

H02G 314

174 67, 174 66, 220241, 220242

For an electrical box mounting an electrical device, and having a plaster ring, has a projecting portion defining an aperture providing access to the electrical device, a protective cover is mountable removably to the plaster ring so as to cover the aperture, whereby to protect the electrical device while an aperture accommodating the projecting portion of the plaster ring is cut into the wall panel or while the wall panel is being decorated. In one contemplated embodiment, the protective cover is made from steel and has a window, which has a transparent sight made from a transparent, polymeric material. In another contemplated embodiment, the protective cover in its entirety is made from such a transparent, polymeric material.

6479749, Nov 12, 2002

Sep 6, 2001

09/948008

Peter A. Vrame - Barrington Hills IL

3244 Corporation - Chicago IL

H02G 314

174 67, 174 66, 174 58, 220241, 220242, 33528

For an electrical box having a plaster ring, which has a projecting portion defining a generally rectangular aperture, a protective cover having a front panel and flanges is mountable so as at least substantially to cover the generally rectangular aperture. A top flange has two lateral portions, each spaced by a slit from an upper edge of a lateral flange. A bottom flange has two lateral portions, each spaced by a slit from a lower edge of a lateral flange. Each lateral flange has an outer surface that is planar except for a recess adapted to receive a tool inserted between such lateral flange and an adjacent edge of the generally rectangular aperture.

6573449, Jun 3, 2003

Apr 25, 2001

09/841867

Peter A. Vrame - Barrington Hills IL

Paul A. Vrame - Crystal Lake IL

H01H 902

174 58, 174 63, 248906, 220 39

A floor stand having two parallel uprights mounts an electrical box having a plaster ring, via fasteners passing between the parallel uprights, whereby the parallel uprights are clamped between the plaster ring and the electrical box.

6590155, Jul 8, 2003

Aug 15, 2001

09/930645

Paul A. Vrame - Crystal Lake IL, 60014
Peter A. Vrame - Barrington Hills IL

Paul A. Vrame - Crystal Lake IL

H02G 308

174 50, 174 63, 174 64, 248906, 2482051, 220 37, 220 38, 439535

A floor stand for mounting an electrical box and for supporting a conduit extending downwardly to the electrical box has a conduit-supporting flange projecting backwardly from an upper portion of the upright member and is adapted to mount an electrical box so as to bear against a back face of the floor stand, beneath the conduit-supporting flange, which has three apertures, each adapted to pass a conduit extending downwardly through the aperture, to an electrical box so mounted. The conduit-supporting flange has a slot communicating with each aperture, from an edge of the conduit-supporting flange, and the conduit-supporting flange has a tab adjacent to the slot. The tab is adapted to permit a conduit to enter that aperture from the edge of the conduit-supporting flange, via the slot, if the tab is bent sufficiently, and to block a conduit from exiting that aperture, via the slot, if tab is unbent. The floor stand has three wall-attachable flanges, each having a not-in-use position, in which it projects vertically, beneath the conduit-supporting flange, each having an in-use position, in which it projects backwardly and is attachable to a wall behind the floor stand.

6666419, Dec 23, 2003

Nov 23, 1999

09/448002

Peter A. Vrame - Elk Grove Village IL

3244 Corporation - Chicago IL

E04G 2500

2482001, 2482981, 248906

A bracket assembly is disclosed, which is useful with a combination of an electrical box, a plaster ring, and a fastener or fasteners for fastening the plaster ring to the electrical box, for mounting the combination between two building studs, which are spaced within a range of spacings. The bracket assembly comprises a first bracket and a second bracket, each bracket having a mounting base, which is adapted for mounting to one of the building studs, and each bracket having two parallel legs, which extend from the mounting base of said bracket. At least part of each of the parallel legs of the first bracket is adapted to lie over or under and to slide along at least part of one of the parallel legs of the second bracket, in a telescoping relationship, when the bracket assembly is mounted so that the mounting bases of the brackets are mounted to the building studs, whereby the first and second brackets can be slidably adjusted to accommodate any spacing of the building studs within a range of spacings. The brackets are adapted to mount the combination with the electrical box underlying and engaging two parallel legs among the parallel legs of the first and second brackets, with the plaster ring overlying and engaging two parallel legs among the parallel legs of the first and second brackets. The telescoping relationship is defined by an overlying leg and an underlying leg, the overlying leg having has two spaced flanges, each wrapping partly around the underlying leg.

6683248, Jan 27, 2004

Aug 21, 2001

09/934200

Paul A. Vrame - Crystal Lake IL, 60014
Peter A. Vrame - Barrington Hills IL

Paul A. Vrame - Crystal Lake IL

H01J 500

174 50, 174 58, 174 67, 174 66, 220241, 220242, 33528

For an electrical box having an open front, mounting an electrical device, and having a plaster ring, which fastens to the electrical box, around the open front, and which has a projecting portion defining a generally rectangular aperture providing access to the electrical device, through the open front, after the electrical box, the electrical device, and the plaster ring have been installed behind a wall panel, such as a drywall panel, a protective cover is mountable removably to the plaster ring so as at least substantially to cover the generally rectangular aperture of the plaster ring, whereby to protect the electrical device against foreign matter, damage, or both while an aperture accommodating the projecting portion of the plaster ring is cut into the wall panel or while the wall panel is being decorated near the aperture accommodating the projecting portion of the plaster ring. In one contemplated embodiment, the protective cover is made from steel and has a window, which has a transparent sight made from a transparent, polymeric material enabling a person to view the electrical device through the generally rectangular aperture of the plaster ring and through the open front of the electrical box while the protective cover is mounted to the plaster ring. In another contemplated embodiment, the protective cover in its entirety is made from such a transparent, polymeric material.

D531010, Oct 31, 2006

Oct 22, 2004

29/215743

Peter A. Vrame - Barrington Hills IL, US

Illini Electrical Sales, Inc. - Elk Grove Village IL

0805

D 8354

7595447, Sep 29, 2009

Oct 9, 2007

11/973579

Peter A. Vrame - Barrington Hills IL, US

H01R 13/46

174 58, 174 57, 174 61, 174 63, 248906

In a dual-sided mounting bracket for electrical junction boxes, wherein the mounting bracket comprises first and second stud coupling members and first and second junction box receiving members adjacent the respective stud coupling members, and an offset portion interposed between the first and second junction box receiving sections, and wherein each junction box receiving section has two expansive sides and two lengthwise extending edges and is adapted for mounting an electrical junction box or electrical junction boxes to a given one of the expansive sides of such junction box receiving section, each junction box receiving section has two flanges, each extending along a given one of the lengthwise extending edges of such junction box receiving section and projecting from the other one of the expansive sides of such junction box receiving section, so as to project away from an electrical junction box or electrical junction boxes mounted to the given one of the expansive sides of such junction box receiving section. Each junction box receiving section has a single tab, which can be bent back so as to support said junction box receiving station against an adjacent wall panel, and which can be bent back along either of two bending lines, so as to accommodate either of two spacings from the adjacent wall panel.