Patent ID: 7954771

Claim:
A mount for situating a sprinkler nozzle of a fire extinction system in an opening of a suspended ceiling system with the sprinkler nozzle directed vertically downwardly, said mount comprising: a bridge member to which the sprinkler nozzle is at least indirectly attached, said bridge member being disposed on top of the ceiling system extending essentially parallel thereto, and a releasable clamping device by which the bridge member is connected to at least one girder of the ceiling system, the girder having an upper portion comprising an enlarged flange, wherein the clamping device comprises a clamp which at least partially encloses both the girder and the bridge member, which the bridge member rests directly on top of the girder, said clamp comprising a fastener which urges the bridge member and the girder against one another and thereby fixes the bridge member and girder to one another in a form-fitting manner, wherein the clamp comprises two clamp legs extending generally parallel to one another and a clamp base connecting the two clamp legs, said clamp base carries the fastener, said clamp legs enclose the bridge member and have hook-shaped free ends which are deflected toward one another, and the hook-shaped free ends of the legs engage underneath the enlarged flange of the girder, wherein the clamp legs have a minimal distance with respect to each other at said free ends that still exceeds the width of the enlarged flange of the girder to provide for rotating the clamp legs relative to the girder, and wherein the hook-shaped free ends of the clamp legs are spaced apart a horizontal distance greater than the width of the enlarged flange of the girder.