Patent ID: 7690168

Claim:
A sheet metal clip for attaching the end of a grid tee, having an upper hollow reinforcing bulb, vertical web and lower face flange, to a wall molding formed as a right angle and having hems along its longitudinal edges, the clip forming a tongue for engaging the hem of a horizontal leg of the wall molding and a side opposite the tongue for engaging the other leg of the wall molding, the clip being proportioned to dimensionally interfere and thereby lock with the wall angle molding when the tongue and side engage respective parts of the wall molding, and a grid tee engaging part pivotally connected to the tongue and opposite side parts for movement in a horizontal plane, the tee engaging part including opposed gripping elements spaced apart by a distance corresponding to the width of the lower face flange of the grid tee and adapted to receive and laterally position the end of a grid tee flange relative to the wall molding, said gripping members forming opposed channels adapted to laterally constrain lower face flange edges.