Patent ID: 6341466
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: E04B,F16B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A clip for securing an elongate member to a horizontal T-bar of a ceiling grid, said T-bar having a base, a stem extending up from the base, and a head at the upper end of the stem, said elongate member being adapted to be secured to the T-bar in a generally horizontal position extending laterally with respect to the T-bar and resting on the head of the T-bar, said clip comprising a body having a top, a bottom and a recess extending up from the bottom for placement of the clip on the elongate member, without removing the member from the T-bar, with the elongate member received in the recess, said body having integral portions on opposite sides of the recess, each said portion being formed for engagement with the top of the head of the T-bar and having a pair of downwardly extending spring legs for straddling and extending underneath the head of the T-bar to clasp onto said head, a first leg of each said pair of legs being adjacent the recess on the respective side thereof and the second leg of each said pair of legs being on the outside of the first leg thereof, said body comprising a sheet metal plate having said top and bottom and said recess extending up generally centrally thereof from the bottom, said plate having said side portions on opposite sides of the recess, each said side portion having a slit extending up from the bottom of the plate dividing it into a first section adjacent the recess and a second section outward of the first section, one of said sections being doubly bent to form a shoulder for engagement with the top of the head of the T-bar and one of said legs and the other section constituting the other leg.