Adjustable suspended ceiling hangers

A kit for an adjustable hanger, said hanger for hanging a load from joists that extend across a room downward toward its floor, said kit comprising a mount for attaching said hanger to a joist, said mount having a support joining to a guide and adapted to fit closely along, and attach to, a first side of said joist and said guide adapted to fit a surface of said joist that runs along said first side at about a right angle;

• first and second catches adapted to be carried by said support and respectively having a hole passing therethrough and a slot in a side thereof communicating with said hole, said first catch adapted to be carried at a first distance from a location that is beneath said first catch and across from where said guide joins to said support behind said first catch and said second catch adapted to be carried at a second, different than said first, distance from a location beneath said second catch and across from where said support joins said guide behind said second catch.

A kit for an adjustable hanger, said hanger adapted to hang a load from joists that extend across the top of a room downward toward its floor, said kit comprising:

• a mount adapted for attaching said hanger to a joist, said mount having a support joining to a guide, said support adapted to fit along, and attach to, a first side of said joist and said guide adapted to fit along surface of said joist that runs along said first side at about a right angle;
• first and second catches adapted to be carried by said mount and respectively having a hole passing therethrough and a slot in a side thereof communicating with said hole, said first catch carried by said support at a first distance from a location that is beneath said first catch and across from where said guide is adapted to join to said support behind said first cup and said second cup adapted to be carried at a second, different than said first, distance from a second location that is beneath said second cup and across from where said guide piece joins said support behind said second cup;
• a strand having a plurality of integral enlargements and capable of, save for said enlargements, passing through said holes and said slots, said enlargements respectively equally spaced a third distance from one another along said strand, said third distance being greater than the difference between said first and second distances.