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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2014
Usg Interiors, Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
James J. Lehane, McHenry, IL (US);
Peder J. Gulbrandsen, Aurora, IL (US);
Chris C. Baker, North Aurora, IL (US);
USG INTERIORS, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An elongate roll formed sheet metal molding, and method of its manufacture, for transitioning between a drywall ceiling and an acoustical tile ceiling, the molding have the general shape of an inverted tee formed by a horizontal drywall leg, a horizontal acoustical tile leg and a vertical leg between the horizontal legs, the drywall leg having a plurality of regularly spaced holes for receiving fasteners to attach the molding to a ceiling structure, a periphery of each hole being partially lanced in the sheet metal such that material from the hole forms a slug, the slug remaining attached to the sheet metal at a part of the hole, the slug being bent flat onto an area of the sheet metal adjacent the hole.