Jig box for holding a switch box to a wall stud

Claim 1

A jig device for positioning and holding a switch box to a wall stud, comprising a clamp, a pair of pivotable levers carried by said jig device providing gripping means for a wall stud that a switch box is to be installed to, a pair of slideable plates carried by said levers with adjustable bolt fasteners for mounting said switch box at the proper depth so as to enable said switch box to be positioned flush with the wall, a spring carried between said levers so as to enable said levers to forcibly grip said stud, said slideable plates of said jig being adjustable by a bolt fastener carried threadably in a lug extending from said slideable plates, said bolt fasteners being freely carried by a lug extending from said levers, said slideable plates having side flanges providing guide means for said slideable plates on the parallel edges of said levers, said side flanges also serving as stop means for one of the open-end edges of said switch box, said plates carrying each a bolt slideable in a slot of said plate, said bolts being carried one in each end of said spring so as to retain said spring of said device between said levers, said levers being carried on a sleeve member secured between the pivot portions of said levers, said sleeve slideably receiving a rod which enables said clamp portion of said jig device to be raised and lowered from the floor, one end of said rod being placed in abuttment with the floor so as to support the clamp structure, and said clamp portion of said jig is secured in any desired elevation by means of a set screw carried by said sleeve when said screw encroaches on the outer periphery of said rod, a portion of said levers having said lug carried bolt fastener serving as finger gripping means for applying manual pressure by the user so as to pivot said clamp portion of said jig open in order that the opposite ends may receive said stud, one of said plates holding said switch box in place on a side face of said stud in order that the user may fasten said switch box to said stud by suitable fasteners.