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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2008
Applicant:
Paul D. Lalonde, Avon, OH (US);
Inventor:
Paul D. LaLonde, Avon, OH (US);
Assignee:
USG Interiors, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A suspended ceiling system comprising metal grid members and rectangular composite acoustical panels, the panels having edges at their peripheries, the grid members having a cross section generally like an inverted T such that they provide oppositely extending flanges adapted to support the panels at their edges, a resilient element at a juncture between a support on the grid member flanges and at least one edge of each panel, the resilient element being arranged to temporarily deflect to permit a panel to be raised from below the grid member into an installed position and to extend itself to hold such panel in position on the grid.