Patent ID: 6145264
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A bracket for removable attachment to an elongated fixed ceiling rail having opposite longitudinal sides and for supporting the edges of a first and a second adjacent ceiling tiles, said bracket comprising:a main body having opposite upper and lower surfaces and a first and a second opposite sides;an attachment device located on said main body upper surface, for removable attachment of said bracket to the rail so that said main body first and second sides be located on opposite longitudinal sides of the rail;a load-bearing surface integral to said main body and laterally extending beyond said first side thereof, for supporting the first ceiling tile;a movable load-bearing finger; anda mounting device attaching said movable finger to said bracket main body and allowing relative displacement of said finger between an inoperative position, in which said finger laterally extends short of said main body second side, and an operative supporting position, in which said finger laterally extends beyond said second side for supporting the second ceiling tile.