Single strip - double web ceiling grid member
OwnerThoms Kupec, Peter Jahn +1inventors
InventorsThoms Kupec, Peter Jahn, Scott Jankovec
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Abstract
A runner for a suspended ceiling grid is roll-formed from a single strip of sheet metal so as to have a generally symmetrical appearance about a vertical center line, with a double vertical web and a double-thickness flange for supporting ceiling tiles. The bottom surface of the flange is continuous across its exposed surface, so that there is no visible juncture of the opposed flanges with the double web when viewed from below, thus providing an aesthetically more-pleasing appearance
Claims9
A tee for a suspended ceiling or drywall suspension system comprising a vertical web with first and second opposed ends and opposed flanges extending from the first end of the vertical web, the tee further comprising a single piece of sheet metal, the vertical web and the flanges each having a double thickness of sheet metal, and the flanges having an outer surface that is continuous.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.