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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:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian E Witmyer, Lititz, PA (US);
Assignee:
Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Lancaster, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403241 ; 403231 ; 403230 ; 52669 ; 52665 ;
Abstract
A combination is disclosed wherein an inverted T-shaped ceiling runner is connected to a decorative element by a connector. The decorative element has parallel grooves into which an upper portion of the connector can be positioned in the grooves to hold the connector relative the decorative element. A lower portion of the connector extends down to the inverted T-shaped ceiling runner and is fastened to the vertical web thereof to position and hold the decorative element in a fixed relationship to the inverted T-shaped ceiling runner.