Tool for leveling and aligning suspended ceiling rails
AssigneeA-Team Constructions, LLC
InventorJorge Almaguer
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Abstract
An apparatus for attaching an alignment string to a wall angle during an installation of a suspended ceiling includes a right-angle bracket formed of a first plate and a second plate attached along an edge. Two magnets are embedded in a top surface of the first plate, permitting the top surface to be selectively attached firmly to a wall angle during a suspended ceiling installation and then easily disconnected from the wall angle.
Claims20
An apparatus for attaching an alignment string to a wall angle during an installation of a suspended ceiling, the apparatus comprising a right-angle bracket formed of a first plate and a second plate attached along an edge,
- wherein at least one magnet is embedded in a top surface of the first plate, permitting the top surface to be selectively magnetically attached to a wall angle of a suspended ceiling installation.
A quick connect/disconnect tool, comprising:
- an L-shaped bracket having a top bracket component and a back bracket component;
- and
- at least one magnet on a top surface of the top bracket component, to permit the L-shaped bracket to be selectively attached magnetically to a metal surface.
A method of installing a suspended ceiling, the method comprising:
- attaching metal wall brackets at a predetermined height on walls of a room;
- and
- using an L-shaped quick connect/disconnect tool to temporarily attach magnetically an alignment string to a bottom surface of a metal wall bracket at a selected location along a metal wall bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.