Patent ID: 7240460

Claim:
In a grid for a suspended drywall ceiling having (a) a wall molding extending rearward and forward along opposing parallel walls, with a vertical leg of the molding secured to the wall, and a ledge extending horizontally away from the wall, and (b) inverted T beams, each of the beams having, to a bulb a web extending downwardly from the bulb, a first and second flange extending outwardly in opposite directions from the web at the bottom thereof, and a hem extending along each outside edge of the first and second flange, with the beam supported on the ledges of the moldings on the opposing walls at opposite ends of the beams; the improvement comprising (a) a pair of downwardly biased tabs integral with, and lanced from, the horizontal ledge of the molding, for spacing and securing the ends of the beams to the molding, wherein the tabs have open ends extending toward one another, in combination with (b) a ratchet tooth on the molding.