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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2010
Applicant:
Gregory M. Ahren, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Inventor:
Gregory M. Ahren, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Assignee:
USG Interiors, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 2/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An elongated metal grid runner for a suspended ceiling, the grid runner having a cross-section with an upper hollow reinforcing bulb, a vertical web extending below the bulb, and lower flange elements extending laterally from opposite sides of the web, the length of the grid runner being less than about 9', a permanent magnet disposed on each end of the grid runner at its flange elements, the magnet being adapted to overlie and be attracted to a horizontal leg of a steel wall angle to thereby releasably retain the grid runner in position on the wall angle.