Patent ID: 7841149

Claim:
A ceiling panel for use in a suspended ceiling system having a support grid comprising a plurality of runners having flanges thereon adapted to support ceiling panels, the ceiling panel comprising a sheet of metal having a plurality of edges, each of the edges being folded back onto the panel along respective axes to collectively form a hem, the respective axes at which the edges are folded back defining an outer perimeter of the panel, the panel having a surface extending between the respective axes at which the edges are folded back, the hem formed by the folded back edges being substantially parallel to the surface and extending inward from the outer perimeter of the panel, at least two of the edges having a plurality of tabs extending from and formed co-planar with the hem wherein the plurality of tabs are spaced apart along each of the respective at least two of the edges, each tab having first and second portions, the first portion being directly attached to the hem and being bendable about a first tab axis that is parallel to the axis along which the respective edge is folded back and the second portion being attached to the first portion and being bendable about a second tab axis that is substantially perpendicular relative to the first tab axis.