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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1997
David F Mieyal, Strongsville, OH (US);
Bailey Metal Products Limited, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an end connector for a cross tee for use in a suspended ceiling grid system. The end connector includes a front portion adapted to be inserted by a stab in motion into a vertical opening in a web of a main tee and a rear portion adapted to be attached to an end of a cross tee. The front portion has front, bottom and top edges with a first lock arrangement provided on a top edge of the front portion, the first lock region providing a connection between the end connector and a web of a main tee when the connector is inserted into an opening in a web of a main tee. The first lock arrangement extends angularly outwardly of the end connector and has a forward portion resiliently deflectable from its rest position to pass through an opening in a web of a main tee and then spring back to its rest position. A web containing area is located rearwardly of the forward portion for containing a web of a main tee and a stop surface is located rearwardly of the web containing area. The front portion of the end connector also has a second lock arrangement located within the body of the front portion for locking engagement with a complementary second lock arrangement of another end connector to interlock two such connectors inserted from opposite sides into an opening of a web of a main tee.