Patent ID: 8720147

Claim:
An apparatus for attaching installations above a ceiling for ceiling panels between substantially inverted T-shaped ceiling beams with a beam height, the bottom of the inverted T-shape forming a transverse section, and wherein the ceiling beams are arranged in a substantially rectangular pattern to form beam crossings and defining ceiling panel supporting areas, the apparatus comprising: a fixation base including connection points for installations; at least three legs extending from the fixation base, wherein the legs are configured to connect the fixation base to the ceiling beams in a beam crossing and the fasten the fixation base at a distance from the beam crossing; and a fastening portion configured to attach the legs to the beams above the ceiling so that the apparatus is supported by the beams; wherein the fastening portion includes a supporting member for contacting a lower part of the T-shaped ceiling beams; wherein the fastening portion includes a U-shaped cross-section, including two sides and a bottom, with the two sides being different lengths, a longer side and a shorter side, and the longer side being constituted by the supporting member; wherein the supporting member includes an end configured to abut against the transverse section of the beams to ensure a distance measured between the fixation base and the transverse section will be the same regardless of the beam height; wherein the fastening portion longer side includes an inward step configured to engage a first of the beams having a first geometry; wherein the fastening portion shorter side includes two inward steps configured to engage a second of the beams having a second geometry or a third of the beams having a third geometry; wherein the bottom of the U-shaped cross-section is configured for a higher beam of said beams with which the apparatus is intended to be used; and wherein the fastening portion comprises a material allowing the sides to flex slightly outwards for the fastening portion to be able to be snapped onto a beam.