Patent ID: 8079192
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A suspended ceiling system comprising a grid system having a series of intermediate nodes interior to a peripheral edge of said grid system and a series of peripheral nodes at said peripheral edge of said grid system connected by grid members; said series of intermediate nodes each including a connection plate with a series of guide tracks on a bottom surface thereof receiving and cooperating with an upper flange of said grid members to align said grid members in at least one predetermined geometric configuration; each connection plate including separate fasteners mechanically securing said grid members to said connection plate aligned in said guide tracks; each connection plate between adjacent guide tracks including a pair of generally opposed elongate connection slots with each elongate connection slot sized to receive a support spring of a suspended ceiling panel to secure the ceiling panel beneath said grid system and wherein said series of guide tracks include guide tracks with a downwardly projecting stop member and guide tracks without stop members; said stop members being spaced from a center point of said connection plate a sufficient distance to accommodate a grid member extending completely across said connection plate between two aligned projecting arms that include said guide tracks without stop members.