Patent ID: 9637918
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: E04B

Claim:
1. In combination, a roll formed sheet metal main runner and a roll formed sheet metal cross runner intersecting the main runner from one side at a slot in the main runner, the cross runner having a sheet metal end connector extending through the slot, the connector having a lateral projection with a rearwardly facing edge and having a hole rearward of the projection at which the connector is fixed to the cross runner, a stamped sheet metal anchor clip with a tongue projecting through the slot and with a base connected to the tongue on a side of the main runner opposite the cross runner, the tongue having a relief area aligned with the connector projection, an edge of the relief area abutting the rearwardly facing edge, and a tongue hole aligned with the connector hole, and a fastener through both of said connector and tongue holes securing said clip to said connector.