Patent ID: 8584418
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: E04B,E04F

Abstract:
1. A sheet metal connector for a suspended ceiling cross runner, the connector comprising elements to interlock with an identical connector when both the connector and an identical connector are assembled from opposite sides of a main runner in a common hole and are in lateral abutment, the connector having a laterally extending resilient tab bent at a line out of a plane of a main part of the connector, the tab extending outwardly and rearwardly from said bend line, the tab having a free edge away from the bend line, the tab being configured to grip a side of a main runner opposite the side from which the connector is inserted in the hole to effectuate a connection to the main runner and having a portion proportioned to remain within the hole when the connector is fully assembled in the hole by abutment of a surface element of the connector against the main runner whereby the connection between the connector and main runner formed by the tab has improved tensile strength as a result of the tab portion preventing the tab from over-bending, wherein the tab is arranged to be resiliently bent back towards the plane of the main body of the connector by an edge of the hole when the cross runner associated with the connector is twisted along its longitudinal axis so as to release the connection formed by the tab with the main runner.