Patent ID: 7779593

Claim:
A wall angle for a suspended ceiling having a cross section forming a substantially right angle with a vertical leg and a horizontal leg, the horizontal leg being adapted to support an inverted tee-runner having a vertical web and opposed flanges that rest on the horizontal leg, the horizontal leg being formed with a plurality of pairs of tabs, at least one tab of each pair being upwardly extending and vertically-oriented, the tabs in each pair being spaced apart a distance sufficient to accommodate the width of the opposed flanges of the tee-runner; at least one of the tabs in each pair having a downwardly extending detent adapted to permit installation of a tee-runner, but to inhibit removal of the tee-runner, the vertical leg further comprising a tab that is bendable so as to overlie the horizontal leg and having a slot therein for receiving a screw for attachment to the vertical web of a tee-runner so as to allow limited movement of the tee-runner toward and/or away from the vertical leg of the wall angle.