System and apparatus for a yoke structure in a ceiling suspension
AssigneeCertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
InventorsRobin CZYZEWICZ, Thomas G. Murray, Stephen Engel
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Abstract
A yoke for a ceiling suspension system is disclosed. For example, the yoke may include a yoke body having an upper end configured to be mounted only to another yoke, or to an extension mounted to the other yoke. The yoke body may have a lower end having a first mount configured to be mounted to a first ceiling support member (CSM), and a second mount configured to be mounted to a second CSM that differs from the first CSM. In one version, no portion of the yoke body extends through any portion of the first CSM and the second CSM.
Claims20
A yoke for a ceiling suspension system, the yoke comprising:
- a yoke body having an upper end configured to be mounted only to another yoke, or to an extension mounted to said another yoke, a lower end of the yoke body comprising a first mount configured to be mounted to a first ceiling support member (CSM) and a second mount configured to be mounted to a second CSM that differs from the first CSM, and wherein no portion of the yoke body extends through any portion of the first CSM and the second CSM.
A yoke for a ceiling suspension system, the yoke comprising:
- a yoke body having an upper end configured to be mounted only to another yoke, or to an extension mounted to said another yoke, a lower end comprising a first mount configured to be mounted to a first ceiling support member (CSM) and a second mount configured to be mounted to a second CSM that differs from the first CSM;
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- at least one of the first and second mounts is configured to mount to both sides of a respective CSM, including both sides of a bulb and both sides of a web of the respective CSM.
A yoke system for a ceiling suspension having a grid comprising a plurality of ceiling support members (CSM), a ceiling component located in a discontinuity of the grid between at least two of the CSM, the yoke system comprising:
- a pair of yokes configured to be mounted directly to each other and to the grid for reinforcing the grid across the discontinuity, wherein the pair of yokes are configured to circumvent the ceiling component by going directly over a top of the ceiling component;
- and each yoke comprises at least one of the following:
- (A) no portion of the yoke is configured to extend through any portion of a CSM;
- (B) first and second mounts, at least one of which is configured to mount to both sides of a respective CSM, including both sides of a bulb and both sides of a web of the respective CSM;
- (C) an upper end and two mounts, wherein the upper end is directly connected to only one of the mounts, and the other of the mounts is directly connected to said only one of the mounts but not to the upper end;
- (D) first and second mounts are configured to face each other on facing sides of respective CSM;
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- (E) first and second mounts, each with upper and lower edges, and wherein at least one of the upper edges of the first and second mounts and the lower edges of the first and second mounts are substantially co-planar with each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.