Ceiling panel system and fixture assembly for a ceiling panel system
AssigneeUsg Ceilings Plus, LLC
InventorsAllen Henry Clark, Stephen Vincent Hettwer, Chad Ralph Johnson
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Abstract
A ceiling panel system includes a ceiling panel and a fixture assembly, which includes a bracket and a fixture. The bracket is mounted to the ceiling panel at a back side of the ceiling panel and has a base with a middle portion that is spaced apart from the back side of the ceiling panel and opposing side portions that extend from the middle portion and engage the back side of the ceiling panel proximate opposing edges of the ceiling panel. The fixture extends through an aperture formed in the middle portion of the bracket and is secured to the bracket such that the opposing edges of the ceiling panel carry substantially an entire weight of the fixture assembly.
Claims20
A ceiling panel system, comprising:
- a ceiling panel;
- and
- a fixture assembly, comprising:
- a bracket mounted to the ceiling panel at a back side of the ceiling panel, the bracket comprising a base having a middle portion that is spaced apart from the back side of the ceiling panel and opposing side portions that extend from the middle portion and engage the back side of the ceiling panel proximate opposing edges of the ceiling panel;
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- a fixture extending through an aperture formed in the middle portion of the bracket and secured to the bracket such that the opposing edges of the ceiling panel carry substantially an entire weight of the fixture assembly.
A fixture assembly for a ceiling panel system, comprising:
- a bracket configured to be mounted to a back side of a ceiling panel of the ceiling panel system, the bracket comprising a base having a middle portion that is configured to be spaced apart from the back side of the ceiling panel with the bracket mounted to the ceiling panel and opposing side portions that extend from the middle portion and are configured to engage the back side of the ceiling panel proximate opposing edges of the ceiling panel with the bracket mounted to the ceiling panel;
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- a fixture extending through an aperture formed in the middle portion of the bracket and secured to the bracket.
A bracket for a fixture assembly for a ceiling panel system, the bracket comprising:
- a middle portion that is generally planar and includes an aperture configured to receive a fixture, wherein the middle portion is configured to be spaced apart from a back side of a ceiling panel of the ceiling panel system with the bracket mounted to the ceiling panel;
- opposing side portions that are generally planar and extend from opposing lateral edges of the middle portion and non-parallel to the middle portion, wherein terminal ends of each of the opposing side portions are configured to engage the back side of the ceiling panel proximate opposing edges of the ceiling panel with the bracket mounted to the ceiling panel;
- opposing flanges that are generally planar and extend from opposing fore and aft edges of the middle portion, wherein the opposing flanges each extending generally perpendicular to the middle portion between the opposing side portions;
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- opposing bracket side walls that are generally planar and that each extends from the terminal end of a respective side portion of the bracket, wherein the opposing bracket side walls are configured to be positioned adjacent and parallel to respective opposing panel side walls of the ceiling panel with the bracket mounted to the ceiling panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.