Patent ID: 9175473
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A ceiling structure comprising: a suspended framework having a plurality of main runners and a plurality of cross runners interconnected to define an array of tile receiving openings, each of the plurality of main runners and the plurality of cross runners including a tile mating surface facing downward to define a mounting frame at each respective tile receiving opening; and a plurality of ceiling tiles including a bottom surface facing away from the suspended framework and a top surface facing the suspended framework, the bottom surface and the top surface defining a thickness of the ceiling tiles, each of the plurality of ceiling tiles positioned within the array of tile receiving openings, each of the plurality of ceiling tiles having a plurality of magnets positioned at a peripheral portion thereof, the plurality of magnets magnetically coupling the ceiling tile within a respective one of the tile receiving openings with the top surface of the ceiling tile abutting the tile mating surface which defines the respective mounting frame.