Patent · US Expired

Modular element for making up a ceiling, and a ceiling made up of an assembly of such modular elements

US6338228B1 · kind B1 · utility

9Cited by
2References
6Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateMay 11, 1999
Grant dateJan 15, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 11, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE04B9/30
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A modular element for making up a ceiling, said element being a metal section member whose section on a plane perpendicular to the length of the element has a flat bottom web with two vertical flanges: a front flange and a first rear flange, the front flange being extended by an outwardly-extending front horizontal limb parallel to the web, and the first rear flange being extended by a first frontwardly-extending horizontal rear limb, wherein, beyond a certain margin x from each end of said element, said first rear limb is provided with an extension including at least one second rear vertical flange.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.