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US 2016/0108615 A1Published application
Hanging load support
AssigneeWorthington Armstrong Venture
InventorsBrett Wayne Sareyka, Joshua Lee Neal
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Abstract
A system for supporting loads from a support structure. The load is supported with threaded rods that are connected from above and below a suspended ceiling of roll-formed sheet metal beams. Clips on the rods connected to the beams pass the load through the suspended ceiling grid without bending or twisting the grid, so that the suspended ceiling remains level, balanced, and intact above the suspended load.
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A suspended ceiling comprising:
- a grid of beams below a structural support, each of the beams being made of roll-formed sheet metal and having an inverted T cross section having a vertical web having a top and a bottom, horizontal flanges extending opposite from one another at the bottom of the vertical web, and at least one bulb at the top of the vertical web;
- a threaded hang rod above the grid of beams secured into the structural support, the threaded hang rod further secured to the grid of beams by a hang clip;
- a threaded load rod below the grid of beams secured to the grid of beams by a load clip;
- and a load below the grid of beams supported by the threaded load rod, wherein the threaded load rod and the threaded hang rod enable tensile forces applied to the grid of beams by the load to pass through the grid of beams to the structural support without creating torsion or twisting forces in the grid of beams.
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A suspended ceiling comprising:
- a grid of beams below a structural support, each of the beams being made of roll-formed sheet metal and having an inverted T cross section having a vertical web having a top and a bottom, horizontal flanges extending opposite from one another at the bottom of the vertical web, and at least one bulb at the top of the vertical web;
- a threaded hang rod above the grid of beams secured into the structural support, the threaded hang rod further secured to the grid of beams by a hang clip securing the threaded hang rod to the grid of beams, the hang clip including a side profile that follows the profile of one beam of the grid of beams, an anchoring hole in the side profile allowing the hang clip to be secured to the one of the beams, and a top arm attached to the side profile, the top arm receiving the threaded hang rod, the threaded hang rod secured to the top arm by a first nut and a second nut.
A suspended ceiling comprising:
- a grid of beams, each of the beams being made of roll-formed sheet metal and having an inverted T cross section having a vertical web having a top and a bottom, horizontal flanges extending opposite from one another at the bottom of the vertical web, and at least one bulb at the top of the vertical web;
- a threaded load rod below the grid of beams secured to the grid of beams by a load clip, the load clip including a first half, a second half in contact with the first half to lock onto the horizontal flanges of one beam of the grid of beams, wherein a portion of the threaded load rod is clamped between the first half and the second half, a first nut on the threaded load rod above the clamped portion, and a second nut on the threaded load rod below the clamped portion to lock the lower threaded load rod in position;
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- a load below the grid of beams supported by the threaded load rod
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.