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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul D LaLonde, Avon, OH (US);
Gerald L Koski, Parma, OH (US);
James J Lehane, Columbia Station, OH (US);
Assignee:
USG Interiors, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5250607 ; 52664 ;
Abstract
An end connector for a ceiling grid runner that interlocks with an identical connector when assembled in a common slot of a through runner. Problems associated with interference between a lock lance stamped laterally out of the plane of the connector and the opposing connector when the second connector is being inserted in the slot are reduced by a relief zone in the forward portion of the connector that is in the form of a concave area that clears the opposing lock lance until the second connector is nearly fully received in the slot.