Stabilizer strut for suspended ceiling system
US4064671A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 9, 1976 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16B2200/30
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A stabilizer strut extending transversely between grid members in a supporting grid system and the like. The strut includes a pair of leg portions disposed at right angles to one another with each end of the strut including a pair of aligned slot portions for engagement with an underlying grid member. Each grid member includes an upstanding web means surmounted by a bead means wherein the latter receives the pair of aligned slot portions which are open at the non-adjacent, lateral edges of the strut leg portions. One slot on each end of the strut corresponding to one another include a locking projection extending inwardly from the side of the slot at a point adjacent to the open end thereof at the lateral edge of the strut. The locking projection is adapted to extend beneath the bead means of a grid member to restrain the strut against vertical uplift while the other slot at each end of the strut is of a width adapted to be received over the bead means so as to be in sufficient lateral engagement therewith to provide stabilized lateral support between the grid members.
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