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US 12,338,624 B2Granted
Ceiling system and method of installation
AssigneeAWI Licensing LLC
InventorMarie A DePaul
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Abstract
A ceiling system is provided for use in a building space. The ceiling system has an open cell grid structure and is attached to a support structure of the building via hanging hardware. The open cell grid structure is constructed of a plurality of bottom panels attached to the hanging hardware, a plurality of middle panels attached to the plurality of bottom panels, and a plurality of top panels attached to the plurality of middle panels. The bottom, middle, and top panels are arranged in a plurality of rows and arranged to ensure that the plurality of panels form an interconnected system capable of being extended to any size desired by a user.
Claims20
A ceiling system comprising:
- a plurality of first panels, each of the plurality of first panels having a first top edge, a first bottom edge, and a plurality of first upper slots in the first top edge;
- a plurality of second panels, each of the plurality of second panels having a second top edge, a second bottom edge, a plurality of second upper slots in the second top edge, and a plurality of second lower slots in the second bottom edge;
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- a plurality of third panels, each of the plurality of third panels having a third top edge, a third bottom edge, and a plurality of third lower slots in the third bottom edge;
- wherein the plurality of first panels are configured to be arranged in a non-intersecting manner with the first bottom edges facing downward, and wherein hardware is configured to be coupled to each of the plurality of first panels and to a support structure to hang the plurality of first panels from the support structure;
- wherein the plurality of second panels are configured to be mounted to the plurality of first panels by mating the second lower slots of the plurality of second panels with the first upper slots of the plurality of first panels;
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- wherein the plurality of third panels are configured to be mounted to the plurality of second panels by mating the third lower slots of the plurality of third panels with the second upper slots of the plurality of second panels;
- the plurality of first panels comprising:
- a first end first panel;
- a second end first panel;
- and
- a pair of central first panels configured to be positioned between the first and second end first panels.
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A ceiling system comprising:
- a plurality of first panels, each of the plurality of first panels having a first top edge, a first bottom edge, and a plurality of first upper slots in the first top edge;
- a plurality of second panels, each of the plurality of second panels having a second top edge, a second bottom edge, a plurality of second upper slots in the second top edge, and a plurality of second lower slots in the second bottom edge;
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- a plurality of third panels, each of the plurality of third panels having a third top edge, a third bottom edge, and a plurality of third lower slots in the third bottom edge;
- wherein the plurality of first panels are configured to be arranged in a non-intersecting manner with the first bottom edges facing downward, and wherein hardware is configured to be coupled to each of the plurality of first panels and to a support structure to hang the plurality of first panels from the support structure;
- wherein the plurality of second panels are configured to be mounted to the plurality of first panels by mating the second lower slots of the plurality of second panels with the first upper slots of the plurality of first panels;
- wherein the plurality of third panels are configured to be mounted to the plurality of second panels by mating the third lower slots of the plurality of third panels with the second upper slots of the plurality of second panels;
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- when the plurality of first, second, and third panels are mounted together, the plurality of first, second, and third panels form an open cell grid structure, and wherein the open cell grid structure is configured to be hung from the support structure solely by the hanging hardware that is connected directly to the plurality of first panels.
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A ceiling system comprising:
- an open cell grid structure comprising:
- a plurality of first panels, each of the first panels having a first top edge, a first bottom edge, and a plurality of first upper slots in the first top edge, the first panels configured to be arranged in a non-intersecting arrangement so that the first bottom edges face downward;
- a plurality of second panels each elongated along a second panel axis, each of the second panels having a second top edge, a second bottom edge, a plurality of second upper slots in the second top edge, and a plurality of second lower slots in the second bottom edge that are offset from the second upper slots, at least one of the plurality of second lower slots being positioned axially between a first one of the plurality of second upper slots and a second one of the plurality of second upper slots, the second panels configured to be mounted to the first panels in a first intersecting arrangement so that the second lower slots mate with the first upper slots to form primary intersection nodes, the second bottom edges facing downward;
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- a plurality of third panels, each of the third panels having a third top edge, a third bottom edge, and a plurality of third lower slots in the third bottom edge, the third panels configured to be mounted to the second panels in a second intersecting arrangement so that the third lower slots mate with the second upper slots at secondary intersection nodes, the third bottom edges facing downward;
- hanging hardware configured to be connected to each of the first panels and to a support structure to hang the open cell grid structure from the support structure in an occupied space of a building.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.