Patent ID: 8453988

Claim:
A hanger for suspending an object from a ceiling track, the hanger comprising: a first body having a first arm and a first mating element, the first body for disposing adjacent one edge of the ceiling track, the first arm for engaging the ceiling track on the one edge thereof; a second body having a second arm and a second mating element, the second body for disposing adjacent an opposite edge of the ceiling track, the second mating element slidably mating to the first mating element and affixing the first and second bodies together, the second arm for engaging the ceiling track on the opposite edge thereof; and a mount disposed on the second body and adapted to hold the object suspended therefrom, wherein the first or second arm comprises a plurality of flanges depending inward for engaging the edge of the ceiling track, and the first and second mating elements define ratchets maintaining the first and second bodies affixed together; such that when the first body and the second body are mated around the ceiling track the first arm and the second arm engage the ceiling track on opposing edges.