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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Lancaster, PA (US);
Inventor:
Daniel M. Holdridge, Ephrata, PA (US);
Assignee:
AWI Licensing LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 9/26 (2006.01); E04B 9/10 (2006.01); E04B 9/06 (2006.01); E04B 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 9/26 (2013.01); E04B 9/0478 (2013.01); E04B 9/06 (2013.01); E04B 9/068 (2013.01); E04B 9/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein is a ceiling system that includes a spring clip for mounting ceiling panels equipped with torsion springs to a ceiling support grid, the clip comprising: a body including a mounting portion defining a downwardly open receptacle configured for attachment to a ceiling grid support member; a pair of lateral flanges extending outwards from the mounting portion, at least one of the flanges including a slot configured to engage a torsion spring; a pair locking tabs disposed on the spring clip, the locking tabs configured to engage opposing sides of the grid support member.