Ceiling system
AssigneeAWI Licensing LLC
InventorDaniel M. Holdridge
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Abstract
Described herein is a ceiling system that includes a spring clip for mounting ceiling panels equipped with torsion springs to a ceiling support grid, the clip comprising: a body including a mounting portion defining a downwardly open receptacle configured for attachment to a ceiling grid support member; a pair of lateral flanges extending outwards from the mounting portion, at least one of the flanges including a slot configured to engage a torsion spring; a pair locking tabs disposed on the spring clip, the locking tabs configured to engage opposing sides of the grid support member.
Claims14
A method for mounting a spring clip on a ceiling grid support member, the method comprising:
- providing a grid support member defining a longitudinal axis;
- providing a spring clip including a body defining a downwardly open receptacle, a pair of opposing lateral flanges, and a pair of locking tabs;
- inserting the grid support member into the receptacle;
- slideably engaging the locking tabs with a top surface of the grid support member;
- displacing the locking tabs outward in laterally opposing directions from an inward position to an outward position;
- returning the locking tabs to the inward position;
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- locking the spring clip to the grid support member with the locking tabs,
- wherein a snap-fit is created between the spring clip and grid support member, and wherein at least one of the lateral flanges includes a slot configured to engage a torsion spring.
A spring clip for mounting ceiling panels equipped with torsion springs to a ceiling support grid, the clip comprising:
- a body including a mounting portion defining a downwardly open receptacle configured for attachment to a ceiling grid support member;
- a pair of lateral flanges extending outwards from the mounting portion, at least one of the flanges including a slot configured to engage a torsion spring;
- a pair locking tabs disposed on the spring clip, the locking tabs configured to engage opposing sides of the grid support member.
A spring clip for mounting ceiling panels equipped with torsion springs to a ceiling support grid, the clip comprising:
- a body including a mounting portion defining a downwardly open receptacle that is defined by a pair of laterally spaced apart sidewalls and a top wall extending between the sidewalls;
- a pair of lateral flanges extending outwards from the mounting portion, at least one of the flanges including a slot configured to engage a torsion spring;
- a pair of locking tabs disposed on the spring clip, wherein each of the locking tabs project inwards into the receptacle from opposite lateral directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.