US 12,359,428 B2Granted

Ceiling system

AssigneeArktura LLC

InventorsChris Kabatsi, Robert Kilian, Kevin Kane, John Johnston, Moti Tavassoli, Keith Berry

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Abstract

A ceiling system, a method of forming a ceiling system, and a cover for use therein. The cover may include an elongated cover body. The elongated cover body may have a floor portion and first and second sidewall portions extending upward from the floor portion. The cover may have a cover slot in a top surface of the elongated cover body that extends downward into the elongated cover body between the first and second sidewall portions. The cover slot may have a narrowed section and a widened section below the narrowed section. A plurality of transverse cover notches may be arranged in a spaced apart manner along the elongated cover body. Each of the plurality of transverse cover notches may be formed in a bottom portion of the elongated cover body and may intersect the widened section and at least a portion of the narrowed section of the cover slot.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A cover for use in a ceiling system, the cover comprising:

an elongated cover body extending along a cover axis from a first end to a second end, the elongated cover body comprising a floor portion and first and second sidewall portions extending upward from the floor portion in an opposing manner;
a cover slot in a top surface of the elongated cover body and extending downward into the elongated cover body between the first and second sidewall portions, the cover slot having a narrowed section and a widened section below the narrowed section;
a plurality of transverse cover notches arranged in a spaced apart manner along the elongated cover body, each of the plurality of transverse cover notches formed in a bottom portion of the elongated cover body and intersecting the widened section and at least a portion of the narrowed section of the cover slot;
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the first sidewall portion of the elongated cover body comprising a first downward facing shoulder that defines a first roof portion of the widened section of the cover slot, and the second sidewall portion of the elongated cover body comprising a second downward facing shoulder that defines a second roof portion of the widened section of the cover slot.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/416,511Filed 18 Jan 2024 · division
Priority: 30 Mar 2021
Published: US 2024/0240460 A118 Jul 2024
Granted: 15 Jul 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

E04B 9/06
Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation: characterised by constructional features…
E04B 9/005
Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation: composed of imitation beams or beam coverings
E04B 9/006
Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation: with means for hanging lighting fixtures…
E04B 9/0464
Comprising slabs, panels, sheets or the like: having irregularities on the faces, e.g. holes, grooves

Family

Application63/167,780Us provisional application · filed 30 Mar 2021
Application17/704,265Parent of this division · filed 25 Mar 2022
US 2024/0240460 A1Pre-grant publication · published 18 Jul 2024
US 11,891,804 B2Parent of this division
US 2022/0316209 A1Published application
US 12,359,428 B2This patent

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