US 7,478,787 B2
	Paired main tee clip
John D. Bankston, Amherst, Ohio (US); and James A. Fletterick, Olmsted Falls, Ohio (US)
Assigned to USG Interiors, Inc., Chicago, Ill. (US)
Filed on Jun. 02, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/143,827.
Prior Publication US 2006/0283132 A1, Dec. 21, 2006
Int. Cl. B42F 13/00 (2006.01); E04B 9/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 248—343  [52/506.07; 52/506.08]

7 Claims

1. A clip for suspending a pair of main grid tees in horizontally spaced parallel relationship to one another, the grid tees being of the type having the general configuration of an inverted tee and a reinforcing bulb of a predetermined width adjacent the upper edge of a central web, the clip including surface areas for gripping opposite generally vertical sides of the web of each of the spaced tees to thereby hold tees in respective relative horizontal positions, and surface areas for gripping lower portions of the bulbs to hold the tees in respective vertical positions, a main body portion extending generally horizontally between the gripping surface areas for the spaced tees, the main body portion including a central connector portion having a width in a direction parallel to the longitudinal dimension of said tees being substantially the width of the bulbs of the tees whereby the connector portion is gripped and suspended by a drop clip.