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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2020
Certainteed Ceilings Corporation, Malvern, PA (US);
Robin C. Czyzewicz, Wilmington, DE (US);
Bryan Neubeker, Alberta, CA;
Matthew Rapposelli, Conshohocken, PA (US);
CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation, Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to support members for ceiling systems, such as those that can be formed into an interconnected grid to be suspended from a ceiling and support ceiling tiles. One aspect of the disclosure is a linearly-extending support member for a ceiling tile. The support member has a cross-sectional shape that includes a substantially vertical central web with a top end and a bottom end; at least one flange extending substantially horizontally from the bottom end of the web, the flange having an upper surface and a lower surface; and a bulb extending from the top end of the web, the bulb having a first side and a second side with a cavity therebetween, the bulb having an upper portion and a lower portion adjacent the top end of the web, wherein the entire lower portion of the bulb is narrower than the upper portion of the bulb and wider than the central web, the bulb comprising a series of spaced apertures formed therein through both the first side and the second side of the bulb, each aperture being disposed at least partially in the lower portion of the bulb, each aperture having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper portion of the aperture is rounded.