Ceiling system with replacement panels
AssigneeHunter Douglas Inc.
InventorsPaul G. Swiszcz, Ko Kuperus
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Abstract
A panel for use in a drop ceiling system, or with appropriate modification, a wall, wherein the ceiling system includes stringers and cross-members defining areas therebetween for support of the panels wherein the panels include at least one planar sheet of material secured to a reinforcement member having channels formed therein to extend in at least one direction relative to the sheet material. When more than one sheet of material is used, the sheets of material are disposed on opposite sides of the reinforcement member. The panels are flexible for easy insertion into the openings between the stringers and cross-members of the support system and are readily compressed into a thinner profile for shipping purposes.
Claims91
A flexible and resilient ceiling panel that can be folded and flexed as an entire panel and return to its original configuration while being inserted into an opening in a supporting grid work of a ceiling of a building structure, comprising:
- at least one first sheet;
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- at least one second sheet formed into a first reinforcement layer that is a three-dimensional body, said at least one second sheet having a plurality of elongated channels;
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- wherein said elongated channels are positioned to confront said first sheet;
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- wherein said first sheet and said first reinforcement layer are each of a somewhat rigid material that can be flexed and that comprises heat-resistant fibers bound together by a resin.
A flexible ceiling panel for incorporation into a building structure comprising at least one sheet of a substantially flat substrate material and a reinforcement layer secured to said substrate material, said reinforcement layer including at least one sheet of material having a plurality of channels formed therein, said panel being formed into a three-dimensional, self-supporting, resilient body having a plurality of elongated cells, said body being flexible and foldable as an entire body while retaining its resiliency to return to a substantially flat state after having been flexed as an entire body and wherein at least one sheet of substrate material is made of a fibrous material.
A flexible and resilient ceiling panel that can be folded and flexed as an entire panel and return to its original configuration while being inserted into an opening in a supporting grid work for a ceiling or a building structure, comprising:
- at least one first sheet;
- and
- at least one second sheet formed into a first reinforcement layer that is a three-dimensional body, said at least one second sheet having an elongated channel;
- and
- wherein said elongated channel is positioned to confront said first sheet;
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- wherein said first sheet and said second sheet are each of a somewhat rigid material that can be flexed and that comprises heat-resistant fibers bound together by a resin, said second sheet having been creased and folded without damaging the fibers therein.
A resilient ceiling panel for incorporation into a building structure comprising at least one sheet of a substantially flat substrate material and a reinforcement layer made from at least one sheet of material having a plurality of channels formed thereon, said panel being formed into a three-dimensional, self-supporting, fully-compressible body having a plurality of elongated cells when in a normal at-rest position, said cells being fully compressed when the panel is fully compressed, said elongated cells being formed between said at least one sheet of substrate material and said reinforcement layer, said reinforcement layer being made from at least one separate piece of material than said at least one sheet of substrate material and wherein said at least one sheet of substrate material is made from a fibrous material.
A resilient ceiling panel for incorporation into a building structure comprising at least one sheet of a substantially flat substrate material and a reinforcement layer made from at least one sheet of material having a plurality of channels formed thereon, said panel being formed into a three-dimensional, self-supporting, fully-compressible body having a plurality of elongated cells when in a normal at-rest position, said cells being fully compressed when the panel is fully compressed, said elongated cells being formed between said at least one sheet of substrate material and said reinforcement layer, said reinforcement layer being made from at least one separate piece of material than said at least one sheet of substrate material, said reinforcement layer being a furrowed sheet defining oppositely directed elongated channels at least some of which are confronting with said at least one sheet of substrate material so as to define said elongated cells between said reinforcement layer and said at least one sheet of substrate material, said furrowed sheet being folded into a substantially flat configuration when said panel is fully compressed.
A resilient ceiling panel for incorporation into a building structure comprising at least one sheet of a substantially flat substrate material and a reinforcement layer made from at least one sheet of material having a plurality of channels formed therein, said panel being formed into a three-dimensional, self-supporting, fully-collapsible body having a plurality of elongated cells when in a normal at-rest position, said cells being fully collapsed when the panel is fully collapsed, said elongated cells being formed between said at least one sheet of substrate material and said reinforcement layer, said reinforcement layer being made from at least one separate piece of material and said at least one sheet of substrate material, and wherein said at least one sheet of substrate material is made of a fibrous material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.