Patent ID: 7849652
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: E04B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A main tee member having a measurement indicia system for use with a suspended ceiling grid structure, said main tee member having a length and comprising: a support flange; a web extending upwardly from said support flange, said web having a first side and a second side extending the length of the main tee member; a plurality of receiving channels extending from said first side of said web to said second side of said web, said receiving channels spaced apart from each other and disposed along the length of the main tee member, said receiving channels configured for receiving a cross tee member; a plurality of first indicia marked on said first side; and a plurality of second indicia marked on said second side; wherein said first indicia and said second indicia are disposed on said web between two adjacent receiving channels, wherein said web between at least two other adjacent receiving channels is indicia free, for indicating the location of a selected receiving channel for receiving a first selected cross tee member to be introduced from said first side, and for indicating the location of said selected receiving channel for receiving a second selected cross tee member to be introduced from said second side.