Cross rail and suspended ceiling system formed therefrom

A suspended ceiling system comprising:

• suspension rods;
• ceiling suspension clips secured to respective suspension rods;
• cross rails, the cross rails hanging from the suspension clips and being spaced apart in a transverse direction;
• and
• battens spanning across and being secured to two or more adjacent and spaced apart cross rails, wherein each of the cross rails comprise:
• an elongate channel having an upper wall via which one or more ceiling suspension clips are engageable to support the cross rail;
• opposed lateral walls extending downwardly from the upper wall;
• and
• pairs of opposed latching members via which one or more battens are securable to the cross rail, each latching member of a pair extending downwardly from a respective lateral wall such that, in use, a batten is securable substantially perpendicularly to the cross rail between two adjacent pairs of opposed latching members.

A method of securing a batten to a cross rail the batten comprising an elongate channel having opposed side walls, the method comprising:

• orienting the batten such that it is below the cross rail and substantially perpendicular thereto;
• urging the side walls of the batten toward one another such that a width of the urged batten is less than that between adjacent latching members;
• inserting at least an upper end of the side walls of the batten between adjacent latching members of two adjacent pairs of opposed latching members;
• and
• releasing said urging such that the side walls move away from one another and the batten is held in position between adjacent latching members.