Patent ID: 7503147
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A ceiling grid system comprising: a main runner extending in a first direction, the main runner having a web which extends upwardly from an outwardly extending flange, wherein portions of the main runner define an upwardly extending slot extending through the main runner web; a first cross member and a second cross member, each cross member having a web which extends upwardly from an outwardly extending flange; and a connector which passes through the main runner web slot, the connector resiliently gripping the webs of the first cross member and the second cross member to connect the first cross member and the second cross member to extend on opposite sides of the main runner web, wherein each cross member web extends in a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein portions of each cross member web define an end slot which extends in the second direction, the end slot being positioned above the cross member flange; and wherein the connector is a plastic extrusion of uniform cross section, the connector having two upwardly extending elements connected at a midpoint by a horizontal element, portions of the horizontal element being received within the end slots of the connected first cross member and second cross member such that portions of the webs of the first cross member and the second cross member are engaged between the two connector upwardly extending elements.