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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1988
David Mallory, Manhasset, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention provides an improved access spline that is used in a hung ceiling tile at the abutting edges of the tiles. The access spline of the present invention comprises a flexible strip-like body member having a central slot forming a pair of independently flexing portions from the body member and preferably a pair of depending toggle membes connected to the body member adjacent the slot. The access spline is used with one flexing portion located within an edge groove defined in the abutting edge of the adjoining ceiling tile and with the other flexing portion alternatingly located within a groove segment and a contiguous recessed portion defined in the abutting edge of the access tile. The preferred pair of depending toggle members extend between the abutting edges of the access and adjoining ceiling tiles and below the underside of the ceiling. The toggle members are used to slide the access spline between a latched and an unlatched position in which the other flexing portion is alternately located within the groove segment and the recessed portion to alternately connect and separate the tiles. Additionally, when the access spline is in the unlatched position, the toggle members may be alternately downwardly drawn to deform the access tile and to thereby point out the location of the access tile.