Patent ID: 8093511

Claim:
A ceiling suspension assembly for hanging an object in a cable, cord or string from a ceiling, the assembly comprising a ceiling fitting, cover or casing and a suspension device, the suspension device adapted to be attached to the ceiling and comprising a projecting elongated portion having an axial channel for receiving the cable, cord or string, the projecting elongated portion having an exterior threading, and the ceiling fitting, cover or casing comprising a portion having a through-hole with an interior threading for cooperation with said exterior threading to allow, by rotating the ceiling fitting, cover or casing to take a desired position along the projecting elongated portion such as for pressing an upper edge of the ceiling fitting, cover or casing against the ceiling or for making an upper edge of the ceiling fitting, cover or casing to be in engagement with the surface of the ceiling, not leaving any substantial space between said upper edge and the surface of the ceiling, wherein the projecting elongated portion has a longitudinal opening into the axial channel extending at least over that part of the elongated projecting portion that carries the exterior threading for allowing a portion of the cable, cord or string to be laterally introduced into the axial channel, and the ceiling fitting, cover or casing is composed of two separate parts, a nut part and a top cover, the nut part including a portion having a through-hole that has an interior threading, and the top cover having an opening for receiving the nut part, means being provided for attaching the top cover and the nut part to each other, and the nut part being divided along a vertical axial plane to be composed of two separate parts, each of the two separate parts including a portion of the wall of the through-hole and its interior threading and the two separate parts having means for releasably attaching them to each other, so that the longitudinal opening in the projecting elongated portion, the opening in the top cover; and the division of the nut part into two separate parts allow an easy enclosure and mounting of the electrical cable, cord or string having a connector plug, and thereby allow an object to be hung from a ceiling without having to dismount the connector plug from the electrical cable, cord or string.