Eugene W Carraro

US Patent:

47151617, Dec 29, 1987

Filed:

May 19, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/864324

Inventors:

Eugene Carraro - Roslyn Heights NY
Raymond S. Laughlin - Cuyahoga Falls OH

Assignee:

Erico International Corporation - Solon OH

International Classification:

E04B 552

US Classification:

52714

Abstract:

A spring steel clip for suspended ceiling grids may be used both as an edge molding attachment starter clip and also as a clip for holding intersecting tee bars together with the intersection being horizontally adjustable with simple finger pressure. The one piece clip includes a orizontal portion and a right angle vertical portion. The horizontal portion includes an offset portion with slots in the lower edge of such offset portion to accommodate the bulb of the stem of a tee. When the offset portion is compressed with finger pressure the angle of the slots with respect to the tee change permitting the tee bulb to be inserted or removed or horizotally adjusted. When released the edges of such slots lock against and capture the bulb of the tee. The vertical portion includes a downwardly extending planar tab adapted to fit behind the edge molding and at least one offset tab which includes barbs extending toward the planar tab to capture and retain the hemmed upper edge of the molding. The offset tab also partially blocks access to a restricted notch at the corner of the clip so that a tee stem bulb may be forced into the notch with the offset of the tab snapping beneath the bulb.

US Patent:

47237490, Feb 9, 1988

Filed:

May 19, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/864326

Inventors:

Eugene Carraro - Roslyn Heights NY
Raymond S. Laughlin - Cuyahoga Falls OH

Assignee:

Erico International Corporation - Solon OH

International Classification:

A47H 110

US Classification:

248317

Abstract:

This invention relates to a construction fastener and more specifically to a clamp or clip for securing a horizontally extending channel to another hoizontally or vertically extending construction element of miscellaneous configuration. The fastener is formed from a strip of resilient metal or spring steel and at least one end includes a notched portion for engaging a horizontally extending channel. The notched portion is oriented with respect to the horizontal channel such that the longitudinal planar surface of the notched portion is normal to the horizontal axis of the channel. The notched portion includes a cam-like spring tab adapted to spring out of the way and to snap back and lock behind the channel when the channel is inserted into the notched portion. The opposite end of the fastener, which may be engaged or disengaged with or without the channel in the notched portion, may comprise a wire or rod receiving notched portion or it may comprise one of a variety of forms capable of engaging vertically or horizontally extending construction elements of miscellaneous configuration.