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US 12,735,891 B2Granted
Ceiling systems
AssigneeAWI Licensing LLC
InventorsMarie A. DePaul, Corey Carvell, Nathan J. Baxter
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Abstract
Described herein are building panels, ceiling systems, and methods for using the panels and systems. Such building panels comprise a mesh member, a frame member, and a securing member.
Claims13
A building panel comprising:
- a mesh member comprising a first major surface opposite a second major surface, and four side surfaces extending there-between;
- a frame member comprising a vertical side wall having an inner surface opposite an outer surface and an upper surface opposite a lower surface;
- wherein the first major surface and the second major surface are defined by a perimeter, the perimeter comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
- wherein the perimeter of the second major surface is in contact with the lower surface of the frame member;
- wherein the frame member further comprises a securing member at the upper surface at the proximal end and at the distal end;
- wherein the securing member comprises a torsion spring bracket;
- wherein the torsion spring backet is an integrally formed singular component comprising a wall plate, a hook member extending from the wall plate, an upper plate extending from a top portion, a base plate extending from a base portion, the upper plate and base plate extending parallel to each other and perpendicular to the wall plate;
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- wherein the torsion spring bracket comprises a saddle bracket comprising a first wall plate, a second wall plate, and a bight portion connecting the first second wall plates, the bight portion comprising a wing portion extending laterally away from a cutout region of the frame member, the wing portion having a height extending from a cutout region floor to a top cervical wall of the frame member.
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A saddle bracket for a ceiling system, the saddle bracket comprising:
- a saddle member comprising:
- a bight portion, a first wall plate, and a second wall plate collectively defining a frame receiving cavity that extends along a central vertical plane;
- a cutout out region extending downward from the bight portion into the first wall plate and the second wall plate;
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- a hook member extending from the first wall plate;
- wherein hook member at least partially overlaps with the cutout region along a vertical direction;
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- wherein the bight portion includes a wing portion extending laterally away from the cutout region, the wing portion having a height extending from a cutout region floor to a top cervical wall.
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A ceiling system comprising:
- a ceiling suspension grid;
- a building panel comprising:
- a mesh member comprising wires perpendicular to each other, a first major surface opposite a second major surface, and four side surfaces extending there-between;
- a frame member comprising a vertical side wall having an inner surface opposite an outer surface and an upper surface opposite a lower surface;
- wherein the first major surface and the second major surface are defined by a perimeter, the perimeter comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
- wherein the perimeter of the second major surface is in contact with the lower surface of the frame member;
- wherein the frame member comprises a wall cutout region contacting the securing member, the wall cutout region extending downward from the upper surface toward the lower surface;
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- wherein the frame member further comprises a securing member at the upper surface at the proximal end and at the distal end;
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- a back panel positioned between the building panel and the suspension grid;
- wherein a torsion spring bracket is mounted on the cutout region;
- wherein the frame comprises two apertures from the inner surface to the outer surface, each aperture flanking the cutout region and abutting the torsion spring bracket;
- and
- wherein the torsion spring bracket comprises a wall plate having at least two apertures aligned with the apertures of the frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.