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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 1988
Filed:
May. 15, 1987
Greg M Ahren, Lakewood, OH (US);
Donn Incorporated, Westlake, OH (US);
Abstract
A suspended island ceiling system is disclosed in which conventional grid runners are interconnected to produce a rectangular grid. The grid defines openings in which ceiling panels are supported. The grid includes perimeter runners and inner runners which connect at their ends to the perimeter runners at spaced locations along the length of the perimeter runners. Channel-shaped border members are supported on the perimeter runners and provide a finished edge appearance for the island. The border members provide an outer vertically extending base wall and vertically spaced, horizontally extending legs. The upper leg extends over the adjacent perimeter runner and engages the upper surface and one side of the bulb thereof. The lower leg extends along the lower side of the perimeter runners and engages the lower side and at least one side of the flange of the perimeter runners. The ends of the border members are mitered to provide a miter joint and are provided with longitudinally extending openings to receive and conceal corner connectors. The upper leg of the border members is provided with a groove aligned with the adjacent bulb of the perimeter runners through which fasteners may be installed to interconnect the border members and the perimeter runners. At least one of the legs is provided with opposed projections which engage opposite sides of the adjacent portion of the perimeter runner to laterally position the border members in both directions.