US 5,619,833 A · Suspended ceiling system

Abstract

A suspended ceiling system for suspension from an overhead ceiling of a room is disclosed which includes a plurality of wall trim members secured to the room walls, a plurality of main runner members extending from the wall trim members in a horizontal plane for spanning the room and a plurality of cross braces interlocking with the main runner members and forming a grid for receiving ceiling tiles, panels, fixtures, and the like. A plurality of clips are slidably disposed on the wall trim members, main runner members, and the cross braces to suspend those members from the ceiling and to support the main runner members and cross braces at intersection points in the grid. In addition, for an in-place suspended ceiling framework that includes L-shaped metal wall angles secured to the walls of the room and metal main runners and metal cross braces spanning the room to form a grid beneath the ceiling, an improvement is disclosed which includes wall trim cover members for covering the metal wall angles, main runner cover members for covering the metal main runners, and cross brace cover members for covering the metal cross braces. The wall trim members, main runner cover members, and cross brace cover members preferably simulate a wood appearance and are removably attachable to the various suspended ceiling framework structural components.

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Dependent claims

In a suspended ceiling framework including a plurality of L-shaped metal wall angles for securement to the walls that form the perimeter of a room, a plurality of elongated, inverted, T-shaped metal main runners supported by and extending from the metal wall angles, and a plurality of elongated, inverted T-shaped metal cross braces which are secured to the metal main runners for forming a grid beneath a ceiling of the room, the improvement comprising:

a plurality of elongated wall trim cover members for resting upon the L-shaped metal wall angles and which include a molded portion for abutting the walls;
a plurality of, elongated, generally V-shaped main runner cover members which include a pair of elongated, opposed, inwardly-turned flanges for snapping and sliding onto and covering the inverted T-shaped main runners;
a plurality of elongated, generally V-shaped cross brace cover members which include a pair of elongated, opposed, inwardly-turned cover flanges for snapping sliding onto covering the inverted T-shaped cross braces;
and
a plurality of joint cover members with each joint cover member having four pairs of inwardly-turned cross-T flanges for snapping and sliding onto and covering the end portions of the inverted T-shaped main runners, the inverted T-shaped cross braces, main runner cover members, and cross brace cover members at intersection points in the grid.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Suspended ceiling system

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Suspended ceiling system

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