Patent ID: 9534383
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: E04B

Claim:
1. A panel assembly for a suspended ceiling comprising a sheet metal body and support brackets attached to the body, the sheet metal body having a rectangular generally planar face portion, a side portion along each of four edges of the face portion, the side portions extending upwardly from the face portion edges to side portion edges, and flanges extending inwardly from the side portion edges such that the flanges overlie and are spaced from the face portion, the side portions intersecting at corners of the panel assembly and the flanges being adjacent the corners, a hanger bracket associated with each corner, the hanger bracket being an elongated sheet metal element having a cross section with a generally horizontal web and portions integral with the web oriented at angles to the web, ends of the hanger bracket being fixed to the flanges at locations spaced a distance from the associated corner, the hanger bracket having at least one hole for attaching a suspension wire for the associated corner the hole being at a location spaced from adjacent flanges at said associated corner a distance substantially greater than a width of the adjacent flanges, whereby when viewed by a person below and off to a side, the suspension wire is obscured by the sheet metal body.