Patent ID: 7735794
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: E04B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A fixture support assembly for supporting a lighting or fan fixture on a drop ceiling comprising: an elongated U-shaped bar having a central channel, a channel bottom, a lower surface, a midpoint, two ends, and two upward extending sides; a single slot in said channel bottom of said bar, said slot extending from slightly beyond said midpoint to approximate one of said ends of said bar; an end bracket at each end of said bar; said end bracket including an end plate perpendicular with respect to said bar and two arms extending outwardly and downwardly from said end plate; said outward and downward extending arm creating a hook thereon said end bracket; said hook including a gap therein, said gap of a size greater than the bulb portion of a T-rail enabling said hook to loosely fit over the T-rail when placed thereon; an elongated clamp member disposed in said channel, said clamp member including a planar horizontal base portion resting on said channel bottom and spanning between said upward extending sides of said U-shaped bar and a planar tab extending upward from and centered on said base portion, said tab extending lengthwise along said base portion; two threaded bores in said horizontal base portion of said clamp member approximate said ends, said bores aligned along the longitudinal center of said base portion;