Patent ID: 9062447
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A clip for joining the ends of grid runners of suspended ceilings, the clip being constructed to couple with an identical clip, the clip being stamped from sheet metal stock and including lead and trailing ends, a lateral projection and a projection receiving area behind the lead end, the clip being arranged such that when an identical clip is oriented in the opposite direction of the clip and is caused to laterally overlap the clip in the manner of a lap joint, the projection of the clip is locked in the receiving area of the identical clip and, vice versa, the projection of the identical clip is locked in the receiving area of the clip, at least one of the projection and projection receiving area having a boundary including a sheared edge facing away from the lead end of the clip, the sheared edge forming an acute angle with a plane of adjacent areas of the clip that is substantially less than an angle with a cotangent of 0.1.