Patent ID: 8266860

Claim:
A grid tee for a suspended ceiling having a cross section generally in the form of an inverted T with a central double layer web with first and second opposed edges, a pair of panel support flanges integral with and extending laterally from the first edge of the web, the panel support flanges being arranged to support ceiling panels on upper sides thereof, the support flanges having a common and continuous visible lower face, a hollow reinforcing bulb integral with and extending from the second edge of the central web, the bulb being formed by a relatively large separation of the two layers forming the web, an upper portion that terminates a top of the tee that is generally co-planar with the central web, integral with and extending from the reinforcing bulb opposite to the central web, and being substantially narrower than the reinforcing bulb, and a series of apertures spaced along the length of the tee in the upper portion sufficiently large to receive suspension wires for supporting the tee without such wires passing through or around said bulb.