Patent ID: 7647739

Claim:
A suspended ceiling comprising a grid formed from framing members, each framing member having a horizontal web and a vertical web extending upward from the horizontal web, the grid forming an array of openings, a plurality of removable ceiling components filling at least some of the openings in the grid, each said component having an edge portion which rests on part of the horizontal webs of the framing members defining the respective opening, and, at each such opening a plurality of retaining clips for retaining each ceiling component in its opening, each retaining clip comprising a single piece of resilient material forming four segments in series: a base segment having means for connection to one of the framing members, a second segment subtending an acute included angle with the base segment, a third segment subtending an obtuse included angle with the second segment, and a fourth segment subtending an obtuse included angle with the third segment, wherein the second segment is shorter than the base segment and the third segment is the longest of the four segments.