US2568490A

US2568490A - Means for mounting wall and ceiling paneling

Info

Publication number: US2568490A
Application number: US127132A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edward W Dunham; Wallace A Wiegert
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1949-11-14
Filing date: 1949-11-14
Publication date: 1951-09-18
Anticipated expiration: 1968-09-18

Description

Sept. 18, 1951 E. w. DUN'HAM ETAL MEANS FOR MOUNTING WALL AND CEILING PANELING Filed Nov. 14, 1949 Patented Sept. 18, 1951 MEANS FOR MOUNTING WALL AND CEILING PANELING Edward W. Dunham and Wallace A'. Wiegert, Floral Park, N. Y;

Application November 14, 1949, SerialfNo. 127,132

1 Claim. (Cl. ,Z0- 15) The invention here disclosed relates to the mounting of wall and ceiling panels and is in the nature of an improvement on the panel securing means covered in Patent No.2,469,252 issued May 3,1949.

In the patent mentioned the wall or ceiling panels, made up as preformed slabs, tiles, boards or planks, are securedover a wall face by means of furring strips nailed to the wall and clips slidably adjustable along flanges on the furring strips and having points driven into the edges oi the panels.

The present invention is more particularly directed to the structureof these panel holding clips.

Objects of the invention ,are to reduce the cost and simplify manufacture. of the clips and further, toprovide a form of clip which may be used with equal facility on either side flange of the furring strip and faced` in either direction, in other Words,.a.universaliform of clip adapted to be used in all the several possible ways on the furring strip.

Other desirable objects attained by the invention and the novel features of construction, combination and relation of parts through which all such objects are attained, are set forth or will appear in the course of the following specification.

The drawing accompanying and forming'part of the specification illustrates certain present practical embodiments of the invention. Structure, however, may be further modied and changed as regards the immediate illustration, all within the true intent and scope of the invention as hereinafter defined and claimed.

Fig. 1 in the drawing is a perspective view of a length of furring strip and two oppositely faced panel clips positioned ready for engagement over the flanges along the opposite sides of the furring strip, the latter shown in section and being broken away at one end;

Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the clips adjustably engaged over the side flangesI of the furring strip;

Fig. 3 is a broken cross sectional detail on substantially the plane of line 3--3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 2, showing a universal type of clip construction and the different ways it may be used on the furring strip.

In the drawing a furring strip of sheet metal like that disclosed in the patent identified is shown, having a central, depressed, longitudinally extending trough or groove 1 for accommodating theheadsof the nails usedin fastening the strip over thewall, and laterallyextending side iianges 8;. and @for supporting the paneling and for carrying the clips which secure` the paneling. over` the` face of-.thestrip. l

Two of the new clipsare shown in Fig. 1, hav-A ing tile engaging prongs IU in spaced, substanf tially` parallel relation across the flat, substantially rectangular base portion II ofthe clip.

These prongs` are formedby extending one.. edge portionof therbase,` as-at l2, toprovide the necessary offset and `then bending the prong forming material portion of this extensioninto substantially parallel` relation over the face:of thebase.

The substantially square base portion II is slittedinward from one edge-along generally parallel lines I3, I4, to provide an intermediate tongue portion libetween separated sections of. the base and connected with thefbase by a slight offset` I6, serving'to dispose the-tongue in. sub-` stantially parallel relation closely offset fromv the back of the base.

Thespacing of` this offset, asindicated` at Il; is approximately or even slightly less` than: the thickness of theside anges 8f, 9, of the furring strip, so that `when the-base of theclipfis` slipped over tlfiefront` of these flanges theitonguef I5v will actas a spring jaw yieldingly and frictionally engaging the .backf of fthesflange.

This yielding `frictional engagement is suffi-- cient-to hold the clip in `position on `the' flangeand yet permit the clip'toxbefslid along the flange on being driven with a hammer or the like into securing engagement with the edge portion of an overlying wall panel.

This possibility of sliding along the furring strip flanges enables the prongs of the clips to be fully embedded in the edge portions of the panels for rmly securing the panels and for completely concealing the clips from view.

The securing tongues I5 are shown cut in from one edge of the base to nearly the far opposite edge of the base so as to afford a substantial frictional grip on the furring strip flange, and these tongues are further shown as of substantial width, taking up the greater portion of the width of the base to promote substantial gripping engagement on the furring strip iiange.

Fig. 2 shows how two of the same form of clip may be engaged on opposite side flanges of the furring strip with the prongs of the two clips faced toward each other to grip opposite edges of a panel seated on the furring strip. Thus, where both flanges of the furring strip are ace cessibie, the saine/form of clip may be used to hold opposite edges of a panel or tile. Where only one flange is available, an alternate form of clip may be used with the prongs I extended rfrom the directly opposite edge of the base. These two forms of the clip may be considered as rights and lefts, to be used as required in various installations.

A universal type of clip is shown in Fig. 4, in which the base portion Ila is elongated and companion, oppositely extending tongues Ia, l5b, are cut in from the opposite edges of the elongated base, available for engagement with either flange of the furring strip regardless of the way in which the securing prongs are faced.

Thus, as indicated, this one style of clip may be used in all the various positions required on the furring strip.

Both the single and the double form of clip have the advantage that they may be made of inexpensive sheet metal and produced in a simple stamping and slitting operation, with inexpensive and relatively simple die mechanism. Also, a minimum amount of material is required since the securing tongues are struck out of the intermediate body portion of the flat base of the clip.

The nail receiving trough sunk in the metal of the furring strip forms an embossment which Iby engagement with the wall surface serves to locate the flat, narrow edge flanges of the strip in close, substantially parallel relation at the front`of the wall structure.

To facilitate quick, easy engagement of the clips over the supporting anges, the corners of the spring holding tongues may be bent back substantially as indicated at I3. This is of particular value where the clips are made of fairly heavy sheet material and are biased to afford a strong, spring holding grip, since these inclined corners may then act as small wedges assisting in opening the spring ngers sufficiently to engage them over the supporting flanges.

In both forms of the invention illustrated the panel engaging prongs project from an edge of the substantially rectangular base plate which is substantially at a right angle to that edge from which the spring holding tongue projects. The prongs and tongue thus project at right angles to each other so that in driving the prongs into the edge of the wall panel the clip can slide in self-adjusting relation along the supporting flange of the furring strip.

What is claimed is:

A clip for securing Wall paneling on a furririg strip of thin, fiat material having a central nail penetrable portion for at attachment over a wall structure and forwardly offset, thin, fiat flanges along the edges of the same at opposite sides of said central nailing portion and supported thereby in closely spaced, substantially parallel, forwardly offset relation in front of the wall structure over which the furring strip is secured, and comprising a wall panel supporting clip for engagement over one ofthe edge ilanges of said furring strip and including a flat piece of thin, springy sheet metal having a substantially rectangular base portion engageable over the front of one of said edge anges, said base portion being slitted inward from one edge in generally parallel lines defining an intermediate spring tongue between separated sections of the base, said intermediate spring tongue being cifset rearwardly at the back of said base portion a distance approximating the thickness of said edge iianges for engagement over the back of said edge flanges to yieldingly confine the base portion in slidable engagement on said anges and said base portion further having a forwardly offset extension at one edge of the same terminating in a wall panel penetrating point projecting in closely spaced, substantially parallel relation across the front of said base portion in positionV for entry in the edge of a wall panelplaced inV supported engagement over the front of said furring strip, and said base portion further being slit inwardly from the opposite edge and in the opposite direction from the first mentioned slits, providing a second, reversely extending tongue enabling complete reversal and use of the clip in Various positions on both edge flanges of the furring strip.

EDWARD W. DUNHAM. WALLACE A. WIEGERT.

REFERENCES CITED` A The following references are of record in the ille of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date '734,275 Lyon July 21, 1903 2,469,252 Wiegert v May 3, 1949