Patent ID: 8782985
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: E04B,E04C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A splice plate for joining and aligning extruded trim strips used in suspended ceiling islands and fascias of the type having a pair of opposed flanged channels on its rear face, the splice plate having upper and lower flanges lying in a common vertical plane and proportioned to slide into the pair of channels and a pair of clamping elements stamped out of a central area of the splice plate, each of the clamping elements being disposed in a rearwardly horizontally spaced relation to a respective one of said splice plate flanges, a separate machine screw passing successively through each clamping element and the splice plate and arranged when turned to draw the respective clamping element forcibly towards an associated splice plate flange to thereby clamp an intervening portion of a trim channel flange, said splice plate being sufficiently long to span between a pair of end abutted trim strips.