KENNETH H KEHOE
Electrician in Sandown, NH
License number
Massachusetts 25736
Issued Date
Jan 26, 1981
Expiration Date
Jul 31, 2019
Type
Journeyman Electrician
Address
Address
Sandown, NH 03873
Professional information
Clip For Securing An Elongate Member To A T-Bar Of A Ceiling Grid
US Patent:
6341466, Jan 29, 2002
Filed:
Jan 19, 2000
Appl. No.:
09/487960
Inventors:
Kenneth H. Kehoe - Sandown NH
Eric R. Rinderer - Highland IL
Eric R. Rinderer - Highland IL
Assignee:
Cooper Technologies Company - Houston TX
International Classification:
E04B 138
US Classification:
52712, 52 28, 52 39, 5250607, 24292, 24295, 24563, 2482274, 248300, 248201, 248906, 403187, 403188, 403279, 403326, 403327
Abstract:
A new and useful clip is disclosed for securing an elongate member, or lathers channel, to a horizontal T-bar of a ceiling grid, conventionally used to form a drop ceiling. The clip comprises a body having a downwardly opening recess therein for permitting the body to be placed over the lathers channel, without removing the channel from the T-bar. The lathers channel is in a seated position in which the channel is received in the recess of the clip. The clip has clasps depending from the body configured so that as the body is moved toward its seated position, the clasps assume positions on opposite sides of the stem of the T-bar for clasping the T-bar and securing the clip to the T-bar. The clip further includes a spring finger formed integrally with the body. The finger is engageable with the lathers channel as the body is moved to its seated position. The spring finger is moved from a relaxed condition to a sprung condition in which it exerts a spring force against the lathers channel to hold it within the recess of the clip.