Patent ID: 8458977
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A wall brace support for an acoustical ceiling tee having a bulb, said tee extending away from a wall, said support being made of a single strip of rigid material and comprising: an elongated generally planar main portion having two ends; a substantially flat wall attachment tab at one of said ends, the tab lying in a plane transverse to the plane of the main portion and oblique to a longitudinal direction of the main portion, said tab being operable to abut said wall and including a hole to receive at least one fastener therethrough to fasten said tab to said wall; and an acoustical ceiling tee attachment structure at the other one of said ends, said structure including a hole operable to receive at least one fastener therethrough to fasten said structure to said bulb at a location spaced away from said wall, said tab and structure being respective bent end portions of said strip, the structure including an offset on said elongated main portion, a notch at a bottom of said offset, said notch being operable to receive said bulb with portions of said structure being disposed in parallel relation to the main portion and adapted to abut opposite vertical sides of said bulb.