Ceiling trim support clips
OwnerOwen J. Smithinventor
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Abstract
A ceiling trim support clip that secures masking rails to ceiling support rails for a suspended ceiling. The clip includes spaced projections forming channels that snap over the edges of the ceiling support rail. One channel is deeper than the opposite channel, and a biasing element in the deeper channel biases the ceiling support rail toward the opposite projection to be seated in the channel therein. A wall mounting clip includes a hook spaced from a pair of upright projections, so that the hook is received over the outer edge of the wall rail and the projections slide between the wall rail and the supporting wall.
Claims12
A system for masking a grid of ceiling support members each having a generally planar ceiling panel support surface of a preselected width, comprising:
- an elongated masking rail having an upper masking surface and a lower surface;
- a clip adapted for coupling said masking rail to one of said ceiling support members, said clip having a body with means for securing said clip body to said upper masking surface, a first hanging flange spaced above said body by a first spacing flange and a second hanging flange spaced above said body by a second spacing flange, said first hanging flange and said second hanging flange extending toward each other and laterally spaced to define an access passage therebetween that is narrower than said ceiling support member width, said first spacing flange laterally spaced from said second spacing flange greater than said ceiling support member width and said first spacing flange spaced from said second hanging flange narrower than said ceiling support member width;
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- means on said clip for laterally biasing a ceiling support member received under said hanging flanges toward said first spacing flange, whereby an edge of the ceiling support member is received under said second hanging flange and said clip is then pivoted until said biasing means laterally biases the ceiling support member under said first hanging flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.