Adjustable mud ring system
View Patent ↗The Adjustable Mud ring consists of a collarless frame, having a central opening for an Extending Member, perimeter fastener openings for connecting to a junction box, and bendable tabs for securing the frame to an Extending Member, which is boxed shaped with a central opening for electrical apparatus, fixed tabs with openings for threading adjustable fasteners into openings in the frame, and bendable tabs for securing the system to a wall. A Grounding Spring Clip, constructed from sheet-metal, folded to create a compressive spring, with an opening for a fastener, allows proper grounding. Add-on Rings are boxed shaped with a central opening, openings on flat, fixed perimeter tabs for threading bolts into to an Extending Member, and bendable tabs for securing the system to a wall. A bracket, with openings for fasteners for attaching the assembly to wall members, can be made a part of the frame.
1. An adjustable mud-ring system comprising:
a Mud Ring with a central opening and a plurality of smaller threaded openings spaced about the central opening;
An Extending member including sidewalls having an inner periphery, said Extending member being slidable with respect to the central opening of said Mud Ring, and said Extending member having a plurality of tabs spaced about the perimeter of the Extending member with openings for adjustable fasteners;
at least one bendable tab on said Mud Ring, said tab being extendable into the central opening and contacting the sidewalls of the Extending member;
a plurality of adjustable fasteners for attaching the Extending member to the Mud Ring.
2. The Adjustable mud-ring system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the adjustable fasteners connecting the Extending member to the Mud Ring includes a Grounding Spring Clip.
3. The adjustable mud-ring system of claim 1 wherein the Extending member has at least one bendable tab for securing the adjustable mud-ring system to an exterior wall surface.
4. The adjustable mud-ring system of claim 1 wherein the Extending member has at least one removable angled bracket for securing the adjustable mud-ring system to an exterior wall surface.
5. An adjustable mud-ring system comprising:
a Mud Ring with a central opening and a plurality of smaller threaded openings spaced about the central opening;
An Extending member including sidewalls having an inner periphery, said Extending member being slidable with respect to the central opening of said Mud Ring, and said Extending member having a plurality of tabs spaced about the perimeter of the Extending member with openings for adjustable fasteners and an Add-on ring;
at least one bendable tab on said Mud Ring, said tab being extendable into the central opening and contacting the sidewalls of the Extending member;
a plurality of adjustable fasteners for attaching the Extending member to the Mud Ring;
Said Add-on Ring including sidewalls having an inner periphery, and a plurality of tabs extending into the inner periphery of the Add-on Ring, the tabs having openings for fasteners to attach to the tabs on the Extending member;
a plurality of adjustable fasteners for attaching the Add-on Ring to the Extending member.
6. The adjustable mud-ring system of claim 5 wherein the dimensions of the inner periphery of the Add-on Ring and the Extending member are identical.
7. The adjustable mud-ring system of claim 5 wherein at least one of the adjustable fasteners connecting the Extending member to the Mud Ring includes a Grounding Spring Clip.
8. The adjustable mud-ring system of claim 5 wherein the Add-on Ring has at least one bendable tab for securing the adjustable mud-ring system to an exterior wall surface.
9. The adjustable mud-ring system of claim 5 wherein the Add-on Ring has at least one removable angled bracket for securing the adjustable mud-ring system to an exterior wall surface.
10. An adjustable mud-ring system comprising:
a Mud Ring with a central opening and a plurality of smaller threaded openings spaced about the central opening, said Mud Ring having brackets with openings for fastening the Mud Ring to wall support members;
An Extending member including sidewalls having an inner periphery, said Extending member being slidable with respect to the central opening of said Mud Ring, and said Extending member having a plurality of tabs spaced about the perimeter of the Extending member with openings for adjustable fasteners;
at least one bendable tab on said Mud Ring, said tab being extendable into the central opening and contacting the sidewalls of the Extending member;
a plurality of adjustable fasteners for attaching the Extending member to the Mud Ring.
11. The adjustable mud-ring system of claim 10 wherein at least one of the adjustable fasteners connecting the Extending member to the Mud Ring includes a Grounding Spring Clip.
12. The adjustable mud-ring system of claim 10 wherein the Extending member has a least one bendable tab for securing the adjustable mud-ring system to an exterior wall surface.
13. The adjustable mud-ring system of claim 10 wherein the Extending member has at least one removable angled bracket for securing the adjustable mud-ring system to an exterior wall surface.