Patent ID: 8235349

Claim:
A ceiling device system for securing a device in a ceiling, comprising: a cover plate to simulate a ceiling and is adapted to be installed in a ceiling, said cover plate including a device opening adapted to receive the device, said cover plate having an outside surface and an inside surface; a sliding mechanism mounted on said inside surface of said cover plate, said sliding mechanism including a sliding component which is allowed to move within an area about said device opening of said cover plate, a lock mechanism connected to said sliding component, said lock mechanism connected such that movement of said lock mechanism moves said sliding component within said area about said device opening of said cover plate; and a device mounting plate with slide tabs adapted to engage the device and mounted to said sliding component of said sliding mechanism, said slide tabs being shaped and adapted to slide within the device to lock the device in said device opening of said cover plate due to movement of said sliding component of said sliding mechanism by movement of said lock mechanism.