Patent ID: 6338228
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A modular element for making up a ceiling, said element being a metal section member whose section on a plane perpendicular to the length of the element has a flat bottom web with two vertical flanges: a front flange at one end of the length of the element defined as a front end and a first rear flange at an end of the length of the element opposite to the front end defined as a rear end, the front flange being extended by an outwardly-extending front horizontal limb parallel to the web in a direction opposite to an interior of the web, and the first rear flange being extended by a first frontwardly-extending horizontal rear limb in a direction towards the interior of the web, wherein, beginning at a certain margin x taken from a side end of the element in a direction parallel to said rear flange along a surface of the web, said first rear limb is provided with an extension including at least one second rear vertical flange.