A secondary profile connector for a suspended ceiling system
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Ecophon AB
InventorThomas NILSSON
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Abstract
A secondary profile connector for a suspended ceiling system includes a secondary profile associated with the secondary profile connector and a primary profile having a web provided with an opening for reception of the secondary profile connector. The secondary profile connector includes a tongue arrangement insertable into the opening of the web of the primary profile for releasable connection of the secondary profile connector to the primary profile.
Claims7
1-6. (canceled)
A secondary profile connector for a suspended ceiling system comprising a secondary profile associated with the secondary profile connector and a primary profile having a web provided with an opening for reception of the secondary profile connector, the secondary profile connector comprising:
- a tongue arrangement insertable into the opening of the web of the primary profile for releasable connection of the secondary profile connector to the primary profile,
- the tongue arrangement comprising a tab portion which, in a connected state of the secondary profile connector, is configured to abut an insertion side of the web for defining a first insertion depth for the secondary profile connector,
- wherein the tab portion is configured to be deformed in response to being pressed against the insertion side of the web with a force exceeding a threshold value for defining a second insertion depth while maintaining engagement with the insertion side of the web, the second insertion depth being greater than the first insertion depth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.