ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,248, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Fire rated floor box installation assembly" was invented by Joseph Nicholas Cretella (Ansonia, Conn.), Donald Wayne Nicholas III (Staunton, Ill.), Athanasios Diakomis (Seymour, Conn.) and Richard Benjamin Fabozzi (Shelton, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor box installation assembly includes a floor box, a pour pan, a first support, and a second support. The floor box has a bottom and a wall extending from the bottom to at least partially define a first interior having a wiring compartment. The wall can include a knockout. The pour pan is configured to ...