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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:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Tinen, Glenview, IL (US);
Pawan Singal, North Olmsted, OH (US);
Douglas Hooper, Lakewood, OH (US);
Alan C Wendt, Barrington, IL (US);
Assignee:
USG Interiors, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B / ; E04C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5250607 ; 5250606 ; 52664 ; 248343 ;
Abstract
A suspended ceiling grid system with an integrated aperture for accessories such as lights, air diffusers and like accessories. The system has an appearance ring of suitable size that forms the aperture and that interconnects with runner elements of corresponding suitable length. The ring is disposed at the geometric center of a grid module and the interconnected runners are arranged to provide support for the ring and related accessory.