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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
May. 18, 2010
Abraham M. Underkofler, Waukegan, IL (US);
Peder J. Gulbrandsen, Aurora, IL (US);
Mark R. Paulsen, Waukegan, IL (US);
James J. Lehane, McHenry, IL (US);
Lee M Tedesco, Shorewood, IL (US);
Abraham M. Underkofler, Waukegan, IL (US);
Peder J. Gulbrandsen, Aurora, IL (US);
Mark R. Paulsen, Waukegan, IL (US);
James J. Lehane, McHenry, IL (US);
Lee M Tedesco, Shorewood, IL (US);
USG Interiors, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A seismic bracket for supporting ends of suspended ceiling grid runners from a wall comprising a stamped sheet metal body, the body having a horizontally extending portion and a vertically extending portion, the vertically extending portion, in its installed position, rising above the top of a standard grid runner a distance at least 1½ times the height of such standard grid runner, the vertically extending portion having two sections generally coextensive in the vertical direction, a first section being integral with the horizontally extending portion and a second section arranged to be in a vertical plane that intersects a vertical plane occupied by the horizontally extending portion, the horizontally extending portion being arranged to support a grid runner to move longitudinally a limited distance, the second section of the vertically extending portion having an aperture for securing the bracket to the wall at a location substantially above the grid tee.