Bar hanger assembly with mating telescoping bars

A bar hanger assembly, comprising:

• a first bar hanger having an S-shaped cross-section, the S-shaped cross-section comprising a plurality of straight segments, the plurality of straight segments comprising:
• a top segment;
• a first segment directly coupled to the top segment;
• a middle segment directly coupled to the first segment;
• a second segment directly coupled to the middle segment;
• and
• a bottom segment directly coupled to the second segment,
• wherein:
• the top segment, the first segment, and the middle segment are aligned neither parallel nor orthogonal with respect to one another;
• and
• the bottom segment, the second segment, and the middle segment are aligned neither parallel nor orthogonal with respect to one another.

A bar hanger assembly, comprising:

• a first bar hanger having an S-shaped cross-section, the S-shaped cross-section comprising a plurality of straight segments, the plurality of straight segments comprising:
• a top segment;
• a first segment directly coupled to the top segment;
• a middle segment directly coupled to the first segment;
• a second segment directly coupled to the middle segment;
• and
• a bottom segment directly coupled to the second segment;
• and
• a second bar hanger that is identical with the first bar hanger and slidably coupled to the first bar hanger along a first axis such that the first segment of the second bar hanger is disposed proximate to the second segment of the first bar hanger,
• wherein:
• when a first portion of the first bar hanger corresponding to the first segment of the first bar hanger physically contacts a second portion of the second bar hanger corresponding to the second segment of the second bar hanger, a first force is generated between the first and second portions, the first force being oriented along a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis;
• and
• when a third portion of the first bar hanger corresponding to the middle segment of the first bar hanger physically contacts a fourth portion of the second bar hanger corresponding to the middle segment of the second bar hanger, a second force is generated between the third and fourth portions, the second force being oriented along a third axis that is orthogonal to the first axis and not orthogonal to the second axis.

A bar hanger assembly, comprising:

• a first bar hanger having an S-shaped cross-section, the S-shaped cross-section comprising a plurality of straight segments, the plurality of straight segments comprising:
• a top segment;
• a first segment directly coupled to the top segment via a first rounded corner and rotated with respect to the top segment by a first offset angle;
• a middle segment directly coupled to the first segment via a second rounded corner and rotated with respect to the first segment by a second offset angle;
• a second segment directly coupled to the middle segment via a third rounded corner and rotated with respect to the middle segment by a third offset angle, the second segment being shorter than the first segment and in parallel alignment with the first segment;
• and
• a bottom segment directly coupled to the second segment via a fourth rounded corner and rotated with respect to the second segment by a fourth offset angle, the bottom segment being shorter than the top segment and in parallel alignment with the top segment,
• wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth offset angles is equal to about 75 degrees.