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US 2015/0085474 A1Published application
Beam support
AssigneeWorthington Armstrong Venture
InventorBrett W. Sareyka
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AssigneeWorthington Armstrong Venture
InventorBrett W. Sareyka
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Selected connections in a prior art suspended panel ceiling are modified to provide fixed cantilevered extensions that support aluminum beams (ABs) with light emitting diode (LED) lights. The ABs with LED lights can be installed in the suspended ceiling to the fixed cantilevered extensions after the prior art portion of the suspended ceiling is completed. To create a fixed cantilevered extension, a second cross beam connector, preferably modified to provide an extended portion, is alone stabbed into a connection, without any attached second cross beam. Such fixed cantilevered extension is capable of subsequently having attached thereto, for support, a rolled aluminum beam (AB) with LED lights, after the prior art suspended ceiling is installed. The installation of the ABs with LED lights, subsequent to the construction of the suspended ceiling with the supports of the invention, does not affect the ceiling resistance to earthquakes.
In a grid connection in a suspended ceiling, a connector-to-connector lock between opposing first and second connectors fixed on the ends of first and second cross beams, that are inserted by means of the cross beams, and extend, through a slot in, and connect with, a main beam, and with each other, from opposite directions, the improvement comprising
In a suspended ceiling grid connection that resists earthquakes in compliance with code requirements, a connector-to-connector lock between opposing first and second connectors that are connected to the ends of first and second cross beams, and that are inserted by means of the cross beams, and that extend, through a slot in, and connect with, the main beam, and with each other, from opposite directions;
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