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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2015
Usg Interiors, Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
Abraham M. Underkofler, Kenosha, WI (US);
Peder J. Gulbrandsen, Aurora, IL (US);
Mark R. Paulsen, Waukegan, IL (US);
USG INTERIORS, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A panel assembly for a suspended ceiling comprising a sheet metal body and support brackets attached to the body, the sheet metal body having a rectangular generally planar face portion, a side portion along each of four edges of the face portion, the side portions extending upwardly from the face portion edges to side portion edges, and flanges extending inwardly from the side portion edges such that the flanges overlie and are spaced from the face portion, the side portions intersecting at corners of the panel assembly and the flanges being adjacent the corners, a hanger bracket associated with each corner abutting and fixed to the flanges adjacent each corner, the hanger bracket having at least one hole for attaching a suspension wire at a location spaced from said each corner a distance substantially greater than a width of the flanges adjacent said each corner.