Patent ID: 9115488
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A system comprising a clip for securing a cross tee to a main runner in a suspended ceiling grid system, the cross tee and the main runner both having a generally inverted T-shaped configuration with a vertical web interposed between opposed flanges and a strengthening bulb, the cross tee including a connector on at least one end thereof extending from the vertical web and the vertical web of the main runner including at least one generally vertical slot configured to receive the connector of the cross tee therethrough, the clip comprising: a first leg having a vertical dimension and a free end with beveled corners configured to extend through the slot in the web of the main runner so as to lie alongside the web of a cross tee whose connector extends through the slot in a direction opposite to that of the first leg; a second leg have a vertical dimension and extending from, and generally perpendicularly to, the first leg so as to lie alongside the web of the main runner; and a third leg having a vertical dimension less than the vertical dimensions of the first and second legs and extending from, and generally perpendicularly to, the second leg and lying in a plane generally parallel to a plane defined by the first leg so that the first, second and third legs define a generally U-shaped configuration for the clip, the third leg having a free end with beveled corners and sized to extend through an aperture in the web of the main runner and then be bent to lie alongside the web of the main runner on a side opposite to that of the second leg; at least one of the first leg and the second leg having one or more apertures for facilitating securement of the first leg to the cross tee and the second leg to the main runner.