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US 8,316,607 B2Granted
Metal ceiling system having locking panels without visible access holes
AssigneeCeilings Plus
InventorsLester Eisner, Tom Peterson, Albert Kiechle, James Langan
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Abstract
A suspended metal ceiling system having a grid of support members suspended from a structural ceiling and a plurality of ceiling panels positioned on the grid of the support members having a locking mechanism for connecting the ceiling panels to the grid actuatable from a side wall of the ceiling panels.
Claims15
A suspended ceiling system comprising:
- a grid of support members suspended from a structural ceiling;
- a plurality of ceiling panels positioned on the grid of support members;
- and
- at least one slide clip for each ceiling panel for lockably connecting the ceiling panels to the grid, the slide clip is actuatable from a locked position along a side wall of the ceiling panels,
- wherein the slide clip is biased in the locked position by a compression spring and wherein the slide clip has a stud extending through the side wall of the ceiling panel.
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A locking panel suspended ceiling system comprising:
- a plurality of horizontal support members;
- a plurality of lateral support members intersecting the horizontal support members;
- a plurality of ceiling panels positioned over the horizontal support members and the lateral support members;
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- at least one locking mechanism positioned on each ceiling panel having a spring to bias the locking mechanism into locking engagement with at least one of the horizontal support members or lateral support members,
- wherein the locking mechanism has means for disengaging the support member extending through a side wall of the ceiling panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.