Ceiling module
OwnerFred Drueck, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A three dimensional internally illuminated advertising device is sized the same as the panels forming a suspended ceiling and is used in place of one of the panels and is supported by the suspended ceiling grid network.
Claims4
An advertising display module for use with suspended ceilings having spaced-apart grid members defining panel receiving areas, ceiling panels removably supported by said grid members in said panel receiving areas and lighting fixtures disposed in cooperative working relationship with pre-determined ones of said ceiling panels, said advertising display module being co-extensive in area with the respective ones of said panel receiving areas and supported by said grid members defining the respective ones of said panel receiving areas, whereby one or more of said advertising display modules can be removably disposed in conjunction with or in substitution for any one of said ceiling panels to provide readily visible advertising, said advertising display module comprising a hollow enclosure formed by a plurality of walls, at least some of which depend downward with respect to said suspending ceiling and provide surfaces for receiving thereon indicia, and indicia on at least one of said surfaces, and securement means comprising a clip removably secured to said grid member and having a shoulder forming a support surface upon which said peripheral rim seats to support said module from said grid members.
A clip for use in combination with a suspended ceiling having spaced-apart T-shaped grid members defining panel receiving areas and ceiling panels removably supported by said grid members to support an advertising display module suspended below said suspended ceiling, said clip having one leg which extends vertically and is retained between a leg of said T-shaped grid member and an edge of a panel, whereby said clip is secured in place, and a horizontal leg forming a shoulder upon which the peripheral edge of said module seats to support said module from said grid members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.