Patent ID: 7278243

Claim:
In a grid that supports panels in a suspended ceiling, the grid 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 of the molding extending horizontally away from the wall, and (b) inverted T beams, each of the beams having, 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, a cap on the bottom of the first and second flange, and a hem from the cap extending upwardly and inwardly along each outside edge of the first and second flange, with the beams 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 extending above the ledge, integral with, and lanced from, the 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 in a tab; and wherein the tabs comprise a rearward and a forward tab, and the beam is secured in the pair of tabs by sliding the first flange rearwardly beneath the rearward tab of the pair, and then sliding forward the second flange into the forward tab of the pair.