Patent ID: 6205733
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A direct mount ceiling panel grid system installing a plurality of ceiling panels close to a mounting surface comprising:a plurality of base grid members each having a T-shaped cross-section formed by a base flange portion and a transversely extending web portion, the transversely extending web portion defining two sides of the web portion and having a relatively thicker bulb portion at its transversely extending marginal end, the bulb portion having a predominantly annular cross-section thereby providing a curved outer surface, the base flange portion directly mounted to the mounting surface such that the web portion depends downwardly;a plurality of channel grid members each having a base flange and two transversely extending parallel webs forming a channel therebetween, each of the webs having a hooked portion bent inwardly and downwardly into the channel along its marginal end, thereby providing a hook edge, the channel removably and frictionally fitted over the bulb portion of the transversely extending web portion of the base grid members whereby the hooked portions of the parallel webs of the channel grid members capture the bulb portion with the hook edges abutted against the curved outer surface of the bulb portion, the base flange portion of the grid members and the base flange portion of the channel members capturing the ceiling panels placed therebetween so that the ceiling panels are positioned in a common plane adjacent to the mounting surface.