Patent ID: 9038344
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: E04B,F16B,F21S,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
1. A ceiling system for a building structure, comprising: a plurality of elongated parallel struts suspended within a ceiling of said building structure, a plurality of connectors secured to said plurality of struts and selectively slidable along a length of said plurality of struts, and a plurality of elongated vanes secured to said plurality of struts by said plurality of connectors at a downwardly spaced position from said plurality of struts, wherein each connector secured to a particular strut of said plurality of struts is associated with a separate vane, wherein each connector of said plurality of connectors includes a hanger assembly slidably supported on an associated strut of said plurality of struts, said hanger assembly releasably securing said connector to said associated strut at a desired location along the length of said associated strut, wherein said hanger assembly includes a vertically extending rod that is selectively rotatable to releasably secure said connector to said associated strut, wherein said hanger assembly further includes a latch component and a catch component, said latch component secured to said rod for unitary rotational movement therewith, said catch component operatively secured to said associated strut to remain unitarily positioned relative thereto, wherein said latch component and said rod are selectively rotatable relative to said catch component to releasably secure said connector to said associated strut.