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US 12,687,392 B2Granted
Tool for leveling and aligning suspended ceiling rails
AssigneeA-Team Constructions, LLC
InventorJorge Almaguer
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Abstract
An apparatus for attaching an alignment string to a wall angle during an installation of a suspended ceiling includes a right-angle bracket formed of a first plate and a second plate attached along an edge. Two magnets are embedded in a top surface of the first plate, permitting the top surface to be selectively attached firmly to a wall angle during a suspended ceiling installation and then easily disconnected from the wall angle.
Claims17
An apparatus for attaching an alignment string to a wall angle during an installation of a suspended ceiling, the apparatus comprising:
- a right-angle bracket formed of a first plate and a second plate attached along an edge, the first plate having a first outer surface and a first inner surface and the second plate having a second outer surface and a second inner surface;
- at least one magnet embedded in the first outer surface, permitting the first outer surface to be selectively magnetically attached to a wall angle of a suspended ceiling installation;
- a first handle extending between the first inner surface and the second inner surface on a first end of the apparatus;
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- a second handle extending between the first inner surface and the second inner surface on a second end of the apparatus,
- wherein the first handle and the second handle are configured for holding a tube of alignment string positioned between the first inner surface and the second inner surface.
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A quick connect/disconnect tool, comprising:
- an L-shaped bracket having a top bracket component and a back bracket component, the top bracket component having a top outer surface and a top inner surface, and the back bracket component having a back outer surface and a back inner surface;
- at least one magnet on the top outer surface of the top bracket component, to permit the L-shaped bracket to be selectively attached magnetically to a metal surface;
- a first handle extending between the top inner surface and the back inner surface on a first end of the L-shaped bracket;
- and
- a second handle extending between the top inner surface and the back inner surface on a second end of the L-shaped bracket,
- wherein the first handle and the second handle are configured for holding a tube of alignment string positioned between the top inner surface and the back inner surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.