Patent ID: 7578107

Claim:
In a suspended ceiling segment with a horizontal grid of intersecting main and cross beams, with openings in the grid that support ceiling panels, and a perimeter trim strip that extends around the ends of the beams in the grid, and wherein the grid is supported from above by hanger wires, the improvement comprising a support hanger having a first end, a second end, and an extended body wherein said first end of said support hanger is provided for attachment to a first cross beam and terminates short of the length of said first cross beam; said second end of said support hanger is provided for attachment to a second cross beam and terminates short of the length of said second cross beam; said extended body of said support hanger is provided for attachment to a third cross beam; and, said support hanger extends through a first intersection of a first main beam and said first and third cross beams and a second intersection of a second main beam and said second and third cross beams; so that each of said first and said second cross beams have a cantilevered section extending outwardly from said first and said second ends respectively of said support hanger.