Patent ID: 8365490

Claim:
An insulting ceiling for a building having spaced apart purlins with upper and lower flanges, comprising: a ceiling membrane to support blow in insulation; and a plurality of purlin clips mountable on the purlins to support the ceiling membrane; each purlin clip comprising: a clip body having an upper arm and a lower leg forming a channel there between to receive the lower flange of one of the purlins so as to mount the clip on the purlin; the lower leg extending beyond the upper arm; an elongated pin extending downwardly from the lower leg of the clip body to punch through the ceiling membrane so as to extended beyond the membrane; a cap to retentively mount on the pin below the membrane; the cap having a body extending along the length of the pin so as to enclose the pin below the membrane to eliminate thermal conductivity, and an enlarged upper end to support the membrane; and the clip body and the pin having a one-piece construction.