Stabilizer strut for suspended ceiling system

In combination in a supporting grid system and the like wherein a grid member includes an upstanding web means surmounted by a bead means extending longitudinally along the upper longitudinal edge of said web means and laterally outwardly of at least one side of said web means, a stabilizer strut for lateral connection between grid members, said stabilizer strut comprising;

• an elongated body adapted to extend between a pair of grid members, said body having a pair of angularly related leg portions at each of its ends adapted for locking engagement with a grid member, each of said pair of leg portions including a pair of aligned slot portions extending inwardly from the non-adjacent, lateral edges of said leg portions wherein one of said aligned slot portions includes a locking projection adapted to extend beneath said bead means to restrain said strut against vertical uplift with respect to said grid members and the other of said aligned slot portions is of a width adapted to be received over said bead means so as to be in sufficient lateral engagement with said bead means to provide stabilized lateral support between a pair of grid members and to maintain said locking projection in place beneath said bead means, and a pair of spaced grid members disposed in a substantially parallel manner with respect to one another wherein each said pair of aligned slot portions of said strut are substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis thereof whereby said strut is assembled in a substantially perpendicular manner to each of said grid members.