USG INTERIORS, LLC Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150345139 | TORSION SPRING METAL CEILING SYSTEM AND HARDWARE - A rectangular panel for a suspended ceiling, the panel having a suspension spring with two divergent arms at each of two opposed panel edges mounted on a rear side of the panel, each spring being mounted on the panel in an arrangement permitting the arms to lie parallel to a front face of a panel, project rearwardly perpendicular to the front face and to lie outside of the panel parallel to the front face, the spring mounting arrangement enabling the spring to be maintained in the rearward orientation by a force developed by the spring with its arms confined and locator elements for registering the panel with grid members of the ceiling. | 12-03-2015 |
20150040495 | CHANNEL CROSS MEMBER - A short cross member for a narrow utility channel formed of malleable sheet metal and having a vertical double ply web and a horizontal flange symmetrically disposed on both sides of a lower edge of the web, integral end connectors formed on each end of the cross member from sheet material contiguous with the web, the integral end connectors being arranged to support the flange in coplanar relation with flanges of the channel, the end connectors and the web being weakened at a predetermined vertical line whereby the cross member can be assembled in a narrow channel by bending at the associated line of weakness to shorten the effective overall length of the cross member. | 02-12-2015 |
20150040494 | TWO-PART CHANNEL CROSS MEMBER - A cross member for a narrow channel in a suspended ceiling grid comprising a carrier and a cover, the carrier having a web and a planar flange on a lower edge of the web, end connectors at opposite ends of the carrier web, the cover having a three-dimensional cross-section with an overall width generally equal to the width of the carrier flange and integral bendable tabs, the tabs being adjacent the ends of the cover and short in comparison to a length of the cover, the tabs being constructed to be manually folded over the flange of the carrier to lock the cover to the carrier. | 02-12-2015 |
20150033657 | ACCESSIBLE STABILIZER BAR - An elongated stabilizer bar for maintaining a pair of grid runners in parallel upright positions to support a panel on respective grid runner support surfaces, the stabilizer bar having a horizontal leg and a vertical leg, the horizontal leg having self-penetrating tabs arranged to pierce and thereby grip a core of the panel to fix the stabilizer bar to the panel, a vertical leg having a vertical slot at each end, the slot having an open bottom, the slot having a horizontal width adapted to receive and confine an upper reinforcing bulb of a respective one of the pair of grid runners to thereby restrain the respective grid runner against excessive bowing and twisting deflection. | 02-05-2015 |
20140311078 | CEILING PANEL WIRE ANCHOR - A sheet metal fastener and method of use with a low density porous ceiling panel, the fastener comprising a plurality of blades adapted to be manually driven into a backside of a low density fibrous ceiling panel core, each blade being arranged to be pivoted about a horizontal axis in a direction opposite another one of the blades while embedded in the core to fix the fastener to the panel and an upstanding structure attached to said blades adapted to project upwardly from a rear side of the panel and having an aperture for receiving a suspension wire. | 10-23-2014 |
20140215957 | CLIP FOR PERIMETER TRIM - A single piece sheet metal clip including a trim engaging part and a mounting part extending or extendable from the trim engaging part at a right angle, the trim engaging part having a limited height when the clip is tilted from a vertical portion and a height greater than the limited height when upright whereby the trim engaging part may be inserted between opposed channels on a rear side of a trim strip and upper and lower edges are trapped in a respective channel when rotated from the tilted position to an upright position, the trim engaging part having an integral element resiliently deflected in a channel when the clip is turned upright, said resilient element releasably locking the clip against a reversal of said movement and thereby maintaining the trim engaging part trapped in said channels. | 08-07-2014 |
20140130436 | FLEXIBLE DRYWALL GRID MEMBER FOR FRAMING DRYWALL STRUCTURES - A curvable grid tee for suspending drywall capable of being configured vertically into convex or concave shapes comprising a series of identical web segments joined end-to-end, the segments being formed of sheet metal into a tee shaped cross section, the sheet metal of a segment being folded such that each segment has a vertical double layer stem with the stem layers joined at a common fold at upper edges thereof, the sheet metal at lower edges of each layer of the stem being bent outwardly to form a flange, a junction between adjacent segments permitting such adjacent segments to be angularly displaced relative to one another in a vertical plane such that the flanges are capable of supporting a drywall panel in a curved plane. | 05-15-2014 |
20140124291 | GYPSUM-PANEL ACOUSTICAL MONOLITHIC CEILING - An acoustical panel for forming a monolithic ceiling or wall, the panel extending across a rectangular area, and having a core made primarily of gypsum, the core being essentially coextensive with the panel area such that it has two opposed sides, each of an area substantially equal to the area of the panel, the core having a multitude of perforations extending generally between its sides, the perforations being distributed substantially uniformly across the full area of the core and being open at both sides of the core, the face side of the core being covered by a porous layer, the perforations being optionally restricted at a rear side of the core, the porous layer at the face side of the core being suitable for adherence of drywall joint compound and a water-based non-blocking paint. | 05-08-2014 |
20140037366 | GRID RUNNER INTERSECTION CLIP - A sheet metal clip for connecting the ends of three or four grid runners with their longitudinal axii intersecting at a common center and at obtuse or acute angles relative to each other, the clip having a leg for each one of the grid runners, each leg, in use, extending in a vertical plane from the center and being permanently bendable at the center to allow the leg to be adjusted to a desired angle of a respective grid runner. | 02-06-2014 |
20140034866 | ACOUSTIC BUILDING MATERIAL EMPLOYING CHITOSAN - A cast ceiling tile and method for manufacture incorporates chitosan in an amount sufficient to provide improved strength. | 02-06-2014 |
20140000979 | GYPSUM-PANEL ACOUSTICAL MONOLITHIC CEILING | 01-02-2014 |
20140000978 | GYPSUM-PANEL ACOUSTICAL MONOLITHIC CEILING | 01-02-2014 |
20140000205 | GRID RUNNER TO PERIMETER TRIM CLIP | 01-02-2014 |
20130333317 | SERPENTINE INSERT FOR OPEN WEB GRID - A grid runner and method of its manufacture that saves material content with use of a serpentine sheet metal web configured to be essentially scrapless and that results in a parallel chord truss-like construction with open spaces between an upper reinforcing bulb and a lower flange. | 12-19-2013 |
20130331494 | USE OF ALDEHYDE SCAVENGERS IN INTERIOR BUILDING PRODUCTS - A coating for application to the surface of an interior building product comprises: a resin formulation such as a melamine formaldehyde resin characterized by its ability to strengthen the interior building product when applied as a coating to the building product; and an aldehyde scavenger selected from the group consisting of; tetraethylene pentamine, propionamide, caprolactam, ammonium hydroxide, sodium bisulfate, sodium metabisulfite, ammonium primary phosphate, ammonium secondary phosphate, a combination of ammonium primary phosphate and ammonium secondary phosphate, a combination of ammonium primary phosphate, ammonium secondary phosphate and a sulfite, a polyvinyl alcohol; adipic dihydrazide and a combination of a polyvinyl alcohol and adipic dihydrazide. | 12-12-2013 |
20130318905 | TWO-PIECE MODULAR YOKE - A sheet metal yoke for supporting a pair of main runners of a suspended ceiling grid in parallel alignment with a relatively narrow spacing, the yoke having an inverted U-shape with a horizontal span and a depending leg adjacent each end of the span, a lower end of each leg having a tab extending towards the other leg, the tab being proportioned to fit in a cross runner slot of a main runner and being capable of vertically supporting the main runner at a desired elevation. | 12-05-2013 |
20130291762 | BUILDING MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - An article of manufacture comprising a building panel such as ceiling tile for example includes, in addition to any by-product perlite fines, additional perlite fines in an amount sufficient to improve the fire resistance of the building panel over the fire resistance of the building panel without the additional perlite fines. In one aspect, the additional perlite fines can comprise at least approximately 3.5% perlite fines by weight. In another aspect, the additional perlite fines can have an average diameter of approximately 23 microns or less. Methods of manufacture related to the building panel also are disclosed. | 11-07-2013 |
20130276395 | INDEXING TAB FOR GRID RUNNERS - A roll formed sheet metal grid runner, and method of its manufacture, for a suspended ceiling grid having indexing tabs stamped from a central web of the runner profile, the tabs being effective to reliably locate ceiling panels and, when the grid runner is nested with other identical runners in a package, avoid marring of visible surfaces. | 10-24-2013 |
20130227908 | ATTACHMENT CLIP FOR CEILING GRID SYSTEMS - A clip having a first leg for attaching to a trim strip and a second leg for attaching to a grid runner, the first leg having a backer plate attached with a screw through a slot, a head of the screw on a side of the first leg facing the second leg, the backer plate on the other side of the first leg, an upper edge of the first leg in a downwardly facing groove on a backside of the trim strip, the backer plate fitting between a depending free edge of the upper groove and an upstanding edge of a lower upwardly facing groove when the screw is up in the slot, and being received in the lower groove when the screw is down in the slot and clamping between the upstanding edge and a rear face of the trim strip when the screw is tightened. | 09-05-2013 |
20130227907 | SPLICE CLIP FOR CEILING GRID SYSTEMS - A splice plate for joining and aligning extruded trim strips used in suspended ceiling islands and fascias of the type having a pair of opposed flanged channels on its rear face, the splice plate having upper and lower flanges proportioned to slide into the pair of channels and a pair of clamping elements, each of the clamping elements being disposed in a rearwardly horizontally spaced relation to a respective one of said splice plate flanges, a machine screw associated with each clamping element and arranged when turned to draw the respective clamping element forcibly towards an associated plate flange to thereby clamp an intervening portion of a trim channel flange, said plate being sufficiently long to span between a pair of end abutted trim strips. | 09-05-2013 |
20130206501 | CEILING PANELS MADE FROM CORRUGATED CARDBOARD - An acoustical ceiling panel comprising a flat core and an acoustically transparent face sheet adhesively attached to one of two oppositely facing major sides of the core, the core comprising a multitude of layers of corrugated fiberboard laminated together, the corrugated fiberboard layers each having a corrugated medium adhesively attached to a flat liner board, the corrugated medium forming regularly spaced flutes of curvilinear cross-section, the flutes of the layers of fiberboard being arranged in parallel directions extending perpendicularly to the major faces of the core. | 08-15-2013 |
20130196151 | WATER RESISTANT CEILING TILE - A ceiling tile comprising a core, an appearance coating on a face side of the tile, and a waterproof coating on a backside of the tile, the core including a filler, binder, and fiber elements dried from a water based slurry or paste of said elements, the core being water permeable and containing a non-white stain producing material susceptible to being leached out of the core by water percolating through the core, the appearance coating exhibiting a high light reflectivity by virtue of containing a white colored constituent and being pervious to water, the waterproof coating serving to repel and bead-up water droplets deposited on the backside of the tile. | 08-01-2013 |
20130160386 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING USE OF THIN FLEXIBLE SCRIMS IN A GRID-TYPE SUSPENDED CEILING - Ceiling panels for use in a grid-type suspended ceiling ( | 06-27-2013 |
20130118223 | GRID RUNNER CAP ANCHORING LANCE - An elongated grid runner, and its manufacture, comprising a pair of overlying metal strips roll-formed together into a shape suitable for use in a rectangular grid to support ceiling panels, one of said strips serving as a visible cap for concealing the other strip forming the main body of the grid runner when the grid member is employed in a completed ceiling, the strips being lanced at each end of the grid runner to lock the cap strip on the main body strip whereby when the overlying strips are simultaneously cut to a finish length prior to finish roll-forming, the ends of the strip are maintained in substantially overlying end-to-end registration where the cap is visible in a finished ceiling. | 05-16-2013 |
20130111963 | GRID RUNNER - A roll-formed grid runner comprising a sheet metal strip folded into an upper hollow single wall reinforcing bulb, a double wall web below the bulb, a channel extending laterally from both sides of a lower end of the web to a bend and upwardly from the bend to a panel supporting elevation, the bend on each side of the web existing at a longitudinally extending score line where a thickness of the strip is locally reduced. | 05-09-2013 |
20130081554 | DISTRIBUTION OF STARCH IN COMPOSITION OF BUILDING PRODUCTS - Building panels such as ceiling tiles have compositions including starch as a binder and a coagulant for the starch. The building panels also can include a fibrous material and a filler. In one aspect, the starch is coagulated by the coagulant resulting in the starch being distributed substantially uniformly through a thickness of the building panels, whereby certain physical properties of the building panels and a wet-felting process for manufacturing the building panels are improved. The coagulant can comprise at least one aluminum salt. In the wet-felting process for manufacturing the ceiling tiles, a slurry comprising an aqueous dispersion of at least one fibrous material, at least one filler material, at least starch as a binder and a coagulant for the starch is delivered onto a foraminous wire frame. The slurry is dewatered to form a basemat and the basemat is dried to remove any residual moisture. | 04-04-2013 |
20130061550 | CROSS RUNNER CONNECTOR AND MAIN RUNNER RECEIVING HOLE - A cross runner connector receivable in a through runner hole that locks with an identical opposed connector and locks with the through runner hole with increased tensile strength, both locks being releasable without tools by manipulation of the associated cross runner. | 03-14-2013 |
20130023612 | USE OF ALDEHYDE SCAVENGERS IN INTERIOR BUILDING PRODUCTS - A coating for application to the surface of an interior building product comprises: a resin formulation such as a melamine formaldehyde resin characterized by its ability to strengthen the interior building product when applied as a coating to the building product; and an aldehyde scavenger selected from the group consisting of; tetraethylene pentamine, propionamide, caprolactam, ammonium hydroxide, sodium bisulfate, sodium metabisulfite, ammonium primary phosphate, ammonium secondary phosphate, a combination of ammonium primary phosphate and ammonium secondary phosphate, a combination of ammonium primary phosphate, ammonium secondary phosphate and a sulfite, a polyvinyl alcohol; adipic dihydrazide and a combination of a polyvinyl alcohol and adipic dihydrazide. | 01-24-2013 |
20120180420 | WALL BRACE SUPPORT FOR ACOUSTICAL CEILING TEE - A wall brace support for an acoustical ceiling tee having a bulb includes an elongated main portion having two ends; a wall attachment tab at one of the ends, the tab being operable to abut the wall and receive at least one fastener therethrough to fasten the tab to the wall; and an acoustical ceiling tee attachment structure at the other end, the structure being operable to receive at least one fastener therethrough to fasten the structure to the bulb at a location spaced away from the wall. | 07-19-2012 |
20120161058 | ACOUSTIC BUILDING MATERIAL EMPLOYING CHITOSAN - An acoustic building material and method for manufacture incorporates chitosan in an amount sufficient to achieve acceptable physical properties with a reduction in binder and to allow the postindustrial/postconsumer content of the building material to be increased. The chitosan also enhances the dewatering of the building material. | 06-28-2012 |