Patent ID: 7758003

Claim:
Suspension plate for fixing to a ceiling, the suspension plate comprising three adjacent functional portions, including a fixing portion, a bolt supporting portion in which a tapped bore is formed to threadedly receive a bolt, and a notched portion in which a pair of notches are formed on either side of a junction zone, the three adjacent functional portions each being separated from another by a bending zone so as to be foldable towards an adjacent portion, one of the bending zones being narrowed by the pair of notches and configured for reception of a flexible strand in a manner wherein the flexible strand passes over each of the notches and about the bending zone narrowed by the pair or notches, the suspension plate further comprising a boss formed on the fixing portion and positioned so that when the bolt supporting portion is bent into a predetermined configuration, the bolt in the tapped bore extends directly toward the boss on the fixing portion.