Patent ID: 11946250
Assignee: AWI LICENSING LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 8:
9. A method of installing a ceiling system in a building, the method comprising:
a) hanging a plurality of first panels in a non-intersecting arrangement from an overhead support with hanging hardware, each of the first panels having a first top edge, a first bottom edge, and a plurality of first upper slots in the first top edge, the first bottom edges face downward, wherein each of the plurality of first panels are a one-piece construction, wherein the hanging hardware is attached directly to each of the plurality of first panels;
b) mounting a plurality of second panels to the first panels in a first intersecting arrangement by mating second lower slots of the second panels with the first upper slots of the first panels to form primary intersection nodes, the second lower slots formed in second bottom edges of the second panels that face downward; and
c) mounting a plurality of third panels to the second panels in a second intersecting arrangement by mating third lower slots of the third panels with second upper slots of the second panels to form secondary intersection nodes, the third lower slots formed in third bottom edges of the third panels that face downward, and the second upper slots formed in second top edges of the second panels, thereby forming an open cell grid structure that hangs in an occupied space of the building;
wherein a lower surface of the open cell grid structure is curved.