US3809358A - Ceiling system suspension clip and runner - Google Patents

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US3809358A
US3809358A US00243270A US24327072A US3809358A US 3809358 A US3809358 A US 3809358A US 00243270 A US00243270 A US 00243270A US 24327072 A US24327072 A US 24327072A US 3809358 A US3809358 A US 3809358A
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Armstrong World Industries Inc
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B9/00—Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation
    • E04B9/22—Connection of slabs, panels, sheets or the like to the supporting construction
    • E04B9/28—Connection of slabs, panels, sheets or the like to the supporting construction with the slabs, panels, sheets or the like having grooves engaging with horizontal flanges of the supporting construction or accessory means connected thereto
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
    • A47H1/00—Curtain suspension devices
    • A47H1/10—Means for mounting curtain rods or rails
    • A47H1/14—Brackets for supporting rods or rails
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B9/00—Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation
    • E04B9/18—Means for suspending the supporting construction

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  • the invention is directed to a suspended ceiling system and, more particularly, to a clip and runner structure for a suspended ceiling system.
  • main runner members are supported from the main structural ceiling.
  • cross runner members are fastened to the main runner members and both the main runner and cross runner members are placed adjacent the ceiling panels to hold them in position. If ceiling tiles were to be mounted in the ceiling, then the ceiling tiles would be carried only by the cross runner members. In eithe case, a substantial amount of structural metal work is used to support the suspended ceiling.
  • a very rapid and inexpensive way of fastening ceiling tile to the ceiling rafters of a building are provided.
  • the suspended ceiling system herein is composed of two main components.
  • the first component is a U- shaped clip which is used to fasten the ceiling system to the ceiling joists.
  • the U-shaped clip has small hooks on the legs of the U, and these hooks face inwardly and grasp the sides of the ceiling joists when the clip is slid on the bottom of the ceiling joist.
  • a slot arrangement is provided in the U-shaped clip for receiving a Z- shaped runner member, which is the second part of the suspended ceiling system.
  • One portion of the Z is inserted into the U-shaped clip while the second portion of the Z is used to hold the ceiling tiles in position.
  • FIG. II is a side view of the clip invention herein;
  • FIG. III is a front view of the invention in position.
  • FIG. IV is a side view of the structure of FIG. III.
  • the suspended ceiling system invention herein is basically composed of two major components.
  • the first component is shown in FIGS. I and II.
  • a U- shaped clip 2 is provided with a generally flat bottom stamped in the sides of the clip and are pointed so that they tend to dig into the sides of the ceiling joists.
  • FIG. II there is shown a generally inverted, L-shaped cut-out 10 in the clip. The purpose of this structure will be set out later. Also there may be provided a hole 12 in which a nail may be provided to further assist in the fastening of the clip to a ceiling joist.
  • a curved member 14 is punched out from the bottom 4 of the clip 2. This is positioned in approximately the center region of the flat bottom 4 of the clip. Its purpose will be set forth later on.
  • the second major part of the ceiling suspension system is the Z member 16 which is shown in FIG. IV.
  • This Z member 16 is placed with one leg of the Z in the slot 10 of the clip 2.
  • the upper flange 18 of the Z which is in the slot 10 is up against the bottom 20 of the ceiling joist.
  • the two sides 6 of the clip are against the sides 22 and 24 of the ceiling joist and the tangs 8 are dug into the sides of the ceiling joist.
  • Element 14 functions as a means to apply pressure against the Z member 16 to provide frictional engagement of the clip to the Z member so that the clip may be positioned and held where desired on the Z member prior to engagement with the joists.
  • the opposite end 26 of the Z member is inserted into a conventional kerf structure 28 in a tongue and groove ceiling tile arrangement which is conventional in the art.
  • the Z member may be modified to have two flanges engage the ceiling tile; that is, flange 26 may be supplemented by a second flange in the same plane, but on the opposite side of the web 27.
  • the tongue and groove arrangement 30 for the ceiling tiles 32 is common in the art and is a simple way of fastening two adjacent ceiling tiles together so that they will mutually support each other.
  • a flange structure 26 which is capable of receiving and support ing the ceiling tiles.
  • cut-out 10 may not be needed if some other structure, such as a snap-on or clamp means, is used to fasten the Z member 16 to the clip 2.
  • a ceiling suspension system comprising a generally U-shaped clip with two resilient legs which are normally spaced apart a distance less than that of the width of a ceiling joist so that the clip may be slid on the bottom of a ceiling joist and will resiliently engage the sides of the ceiling joist and be held in position by the resilient engagement, a bottom section joining together the two legs, means which constitute an integral part of the bottom section used with the bottom section for receiving a runner member which is fastened to the clip,
  • inverted L-shaped channel cut in the side of the clip.
  • a ceiling suspension system comprising a generally U-shaped clip with two resilient side legs which are normally spaced apart a distance less than that of the width of a ceiling joist so that the clip may be slid on the bottom of a ceiling joist and will resiliently engage the sides of the ceiling joist, said U-shaped clip also having a bottom section joining together the two leg structures, said bottom section of the clip and the lower portion of the legs of the clip being provided with a fixed size-nonyielding slot structure, which extends through the bottom of the clip and the bottom of the legs of the clip in the same plane which contains the legs and bottom section of the clip, said slot structure being used for receiving a runner member which is fastened to the clip, said runner member having a horizontal flange extending below the clip member and adapted to receive and support ceiling units, and said slot structure and said runner member having their coacting parts so shaped that the runner member is held in position within the slot structure.

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BE795016D BE795016A (fr) 1972-04-12 Pince de traverse pour un systeme de suspension de plafond
US00243270A US3809358A (en) 1972-04-12 1972-04-12 Ceiling system suspension clip and runner
AU49624/72A AU443716B2 (en) 1972-04-12 1972-12-04 Ceiling system suspension clip and runner
ES410624A ES410624A1 (es) 1972-04-12 1973-01-13 Perfeccionamientos en sistemas de suspension de techos.
DE2302013A DE2302013C3 (de) 1972-04-12 1973-01-16 Vorrichtung zum Aufhängen einer Tragschiene für eine Unterdecke an einem an der Decke befestigten Tragelement
AT86973*#A AT332067B (de) 1972-04-12 1973-02-01 Vorrichtung zum aufhangen von tragschienen einer unterdecke
CH144873A CH571625A5 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1972-04-12 1973-02-01
LU66954A LU66954A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1972-04-12 1973-02-02
NO615/73A NO136762C (no) 1972-04-12 1973-02-15 Opphengningsinnretning for et undertaks b{reskinner festet under bjelkelag.
IT4850273A IT977551B (it) 1972-03-01 1973-02-27 Dispositivo di sospensione per soffitti resistore non lineare e scaricato re di sovraccarico che lo compren de
FR7308095A FR2179736B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1972-04-12 1973-03-07
SE7303223A SE389529B (sv) 1972-04-12 1973-03-07 Anordning for upphengning av innertak
NL7304951A NL7304951A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1972-04-12 1973-04-10
JP48040498A JPS5218493B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1972-04-12 1973-04-11
GB1759773A GB1433412A (en) 1972-04-12 1973-04-12 Ceiling system suspension clip and runner

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US4238098A (en) * 1978-11-30 1980-12-09 Adminstratrix Carolyn K Parson Spring-action suspensory device for attachment to overhead beams
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US4238098A (en) * 1978-11-30 1980-12-09 Adminstratrix Carolyn K Parson Spring-action suspensory device for attachment to overhead beams
US4236688A (en) * 1979-01-15 1980-12-02 Wilk John J Anchoring devices
US4625488A (en) * 1979-04-10 1986-12-02 Kern Gilbert G Wall attachment clip for suspended woodbeam ceiling
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US4858408A (en) * 1988-01-20 1989-08-22 Chicago Metallic Corporation Hold down clip
US5100008A (en) * 1990-11-15 1992-03-31 Herron John E O Utility hanger
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US8915028B2 (en) * 2010-03-09 2014-12-23 David Ferguson Stilt for elevating storage means in a roof space
US9809976B2 (en) 2010-08-24 2017-11-07 Worthington Armstrong Venture Beam clip with teeth
US9745747B2 (en) 2012-09-08 2017-08-29 Worthington Armstrong Venture Suspended ceiling grid adapter
US20210321797A1 (en) * 2020-04-21 2021-10-21 Concept Plastics Limited Hook for hanging basket
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DE2302013A1 (de) 1973-10-25
FR2179736B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1976-05-21
AU443716B2 (en) 1974-01-03
DE2302013B2 (de) 1977-09-29
BE795016A (fr) 1973-05-29
LU66954A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1973-04-19
NL7304951A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1973-10-16
NO136762B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1977-07-25
AT332067B (de) 1976-09-10
ES410624A1 (es) 1976-01-01
DE2302013C3 (de) 1978-05-03
ATA86973A (de) 1975-12-15
CH571625A5 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1976-01-15
FR2179736A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1973-11-23
GB1433412A (en) 1976-04-28
JPS4916211A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1974-02-13
NO136762C (no) 1977-11-02
SE389529B (sv) 1976-11-08
JPS5218493B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1977-05-21
AU4962472A (en) 1974-01-03

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