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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2004
Garry W. Burns, Chapin, SC (US);
Alan C. Wendt, Barrington, IL (US);
Martin E. Likozar, Richmond Heights, OH (US);
Garry W. Burns, Chapin, SC (US);
Alan C. Wendt, Barrington, IL (US);
Martin E. Likozar, Richmond Heights, OH (US);
USG Interiors, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A seismic wall molding for suspended ceiling systems that, although sufficiently wide across its horizontal ceiling supporting leg, is visually unobtrusive by virtue of a stepped, shadow style configuration. The stepped horizontal leg configuration allows the wall molding to resist buckling or bending deformation in the horizontal leg when a vertical leg of the molding is tightly secured against a non-flat wall surface. Factory ends on the wall molding are at parallel 45 degree planes to facilitate making inside and outside corners at the job site. A factory supplied template simplifies corner construction. A splice piece fits tightly on the upper sides of the horizontal legs at a straight-line joint between abutting lengths of the wall molding to maintain these elements in alignment.