Patent ID: 9234348
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: B21B,B21D,E04B

Claim Text:
1. An elongate roll formed sheet metal molding for transitioning between a drywall ceiling and an acoustical tile ceiling, the molding have the general shape of an inverted tee formed by a horizontal drywall leg, a horizontal acoustical tile leg and a vertical leg between the horizontal legs, the drywall leg having a plurality of regularly spaced holes for receiving fasteners to attach the molding to a ceiling structure, a periphery of each hole being partially lanced in the sheet metal such that material from the hole forms a slug, the slug remaining attached to the sheet metal at a part of the hole, the slug being bent flat onto an area of the sheet metal adjacent the hole, the hole and slug being rectangular and a side of the slug being attached to a side of the hole, and, wherein the slug resides in the plane of the horizontal drywall leg.