Patent ID: 11879250
Assignee: AWI LICENSING LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 15:
16. A panel assembly for a suspended ceiling system, the panel assembly comprising:
a ceiling panel comprising a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface;
a plurality of suspension bars configured to be attached to the rear surface of the ceiling panel, each of the suspension bars defining a channel;
a plurality of corner brackets, each of the corner brackets comprising:
a first arm component extending along a first arm axis and comprising a first arm portion and a first cover portion, the first cover portion protruding from opposing lateral sides of the first arm portion and having a first peripheral edge portion located on a first side of the first arm axis and a second peripheral edge portion located on a second side of the first arm axis;
a second arm component extending along a second arm axis and comprising a second arm portion and a second cover portion, the second cover portion protruding from opposing lateral sides of the second arm portion and having a first peripheral edge portion located on a first side of the second arm axis and a second peripheral edge portion located on a second side of the second arm axis;

wherein the corner brackets are adjustable to alter an angle measured between the first and second arm axes between a minimum angle position wherein at least a portion of the first peripheral edge portion of the first cover portion contacts at least a portion of the second peripheral edge portion of the second cover portion and a maximum angle position wherein at least a portion of the second peripheral edge portion of the first cover portion contacts at least a portion of the first peripheral edge portion of the second cover portion wherein in the minimum angle position the first arm axis is oriented at an acute angle of approximately 30° relative to the second arm axis; and
wherein the corner brackets are configured to be coupled to the rear surface of the ceiling panel so that for each of the corner brackets, the first arm portion at least partially nests within the channel of a first one of the suspension bars and the second arm portion at least partially nests within the channel of a second one of the suspension bars.