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US 4,479,341 AGranted
Clips for T-bar grid ceiling arrangement
AssigneeFastway Fasteners, Inc.
InventorJerome T. Schuplin
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AssigneeFastway Fasteners, Inc.
InventorJerome T. Schuplin
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A clip for securing two T-bar grid beam members in generally perpendicular relation to one another in the formation of a ceiling grid for use, for instance, in a suspended ceiling. A plurality of clip embodiments are disclosed, each comprising a resilient fastener portion adapted for securing the clip to a primary T-bar beam member in generally snap-fastened relation, by forcing such resilient portion down over the head of the beam, and also another resilient fastener portion projecting laterally of the first fastener portion in generally perpendicular relation with respect thereto, and comprising resilient means for connecting a secondary T-bar beam member to the first mentioned beam member and in said perpendicular relationship. The clips may be formed of sheet material, such as sheet metal, and are adapted to be mass produced. The clips can be utilized with both the type of T-bar having a rectilinear head portion, as well as the type having a generally round head portion.
A clip for securing two grid T-bar beam members in generally juxtaposed perpendicular relation to one another in the formation of a ceiling grid, each of the beam members being of inverted T-shaped configuration comprising an enlarged head portion, a generally vertical web portion and a pair of flange portions oppositely arranged and extending outwardly with respect to the web portion, said clip being of generally L-shape configuration in plan and having resilient clasp portions generally adjacent the distal ends of the legs of the L-configuration, each said clasp portion being of generally vertically oriented inverted U-shaped configuration in end elevation and having a tongue projecting diagonally inwardly and upwardly relative to the inverted U-shaped clasp configuration, said clasp portions being adapted to be forced downwardly into snap fastened, generally snug relation with the head portion of the respective beam member to secure the beam members in generally perpendicular juxtaposed relationship.
In a suspended ceiling construction for supporting ceiling panels including generally parallel arranged primary grid beam members and secondary cross support beam members disposed between adjacent ones of the primary beam members, each of said primary beam members and said secondary beam members being of inverted T-shaped configuration comprising an enlarged head portion, a generally vertical web portion and a pair of oppositely arranged outwardly extending, with respect to the web portion, flange portions, and wherein each of the secondary beam members is vertically supported at its flange portions on the underlying flange portion of the adjacent primary beam member, the combination therewith of a clip for securing the primary and secondary beam members together in generally perpendicular juxtaposed relation to one another, in the formation of the ceiling grid, said clip being of generally L-shaped configuration in plan and having resilient clasp portions generally adjacent the distal ends of the legs of the L-configuration, each said clasp portion being of generally vertically oriented inverted U-shaped configuration in end elevation and having a tongue projecting diagonally inwardly and upwardly relative to the inverted U-shaped clasp configuration, said clasp portions being forced downwardly from above and disposed in snap fastened generally snug relation with the head portion of the respective beam member and securing the generally juxtaposed primary and secondary beam members in said perpendicular relationship for connecting the beam members together.
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