Patent ID: 7552567
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A clip for attaching a runner for a suspended ceiling grid to a wall angle, the runner having an inverted T-shape with a strengthening bulb at the upper end thereof extending from a web and the wall angle having an L-shape with a vertically-extending leg, the clip comprising: a first leg adapted to be mounted to the vertically extending leg of the wall angle comprising a substantially planar upper portion and a substantially planar lower portion, the upper portion being displaced from the lower portion, a generally horizontal ledge joining the upper portion to the lower portion, and a tongue depending from the upper portion so that the vertical leg of the wall angle may be received between the tongue and the lower portion of the first leg; and a second leg adapted to receive the bulb of the runner comprising a downwardly opening segment for receiving the bulb of the runner, the opening having a width sized to receive the web and defining a trough to prevent the bulb from passing therethrough in the absence of deformation of the segment, the segment having an open middle portion and a resilient tongue extending into the open middle portion for engaging the bulb of the runner to force it into contact with the trough.