Abstract An improvement in a suspended ceiling tile construction wherein a permanent ceiling tile is affixed to a suspended bracket, which bracket extends toward an adjacent removable ceiling tile which improvement comprises a supporting member to join said removable tile to said bracket, a generally vertical member descending from said supporting member away from the verticle edge of said removable ceiling tile adjacent said permanent ceiling tile and rotatable means in the form of an eccentric button at the lower end thereof rotatable to dispose an eccentric portion of said button beneath said removable tile to support the same rotatable to remove said eccentric portion from beneath said ceiling tile so that the same is unsupported, the non-eccentric portion thereof disposed beneath said permanent tile; a button for securing a removable tile to a permanent ceiling tile which comprises a clip adapted to engage a structural member, a generally vertical member disposed beneath said clip remote from the exterior edge portion of said clip which engages said structural member and eccentric rotatably mounted to said vertical member.
In a suspended ceiling tile construction wherein a permanent ceiling tile is affixed to a suspended bracket which bracket extends toward an adjacent removable ceiling tile, the improvement which comprises a generally vertical member affixed to a portion of said bracket extending toward said removable ceiling tile and extending along the vertical edge of the said removable tile adjacent said permanent tile in the space between said permanent tile and said removable tile, said vertical member terminating in a rotatable means in the form of an eccentric button at the lower end thereof rotatable with respect to said vertical member to dispose an eccentric portion of Said button beneath said removable ceiling tile to support the same and rotatable to remove said eccentric button from beneath said ceiling tile so that the same is unsupported, the non-eccentric portion thereof disposed beneath said permanent ceiling tile.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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In a suspended ceiling tile construction wherein a permanent ceiling tile is affixed to a suspended bracket which bracket extends toward an adjacent removable ceiling tile, the improvement which comprises a generally vertical member affixed to a portion of said bracket extending toward said removable ceiling tile and extending along the vertical edge of the said removable tile adjacent said permanent tile in the space between said permanent tile and said removable tile, said vertical member terminating in a rotatable means in the form of an eccentric button at the lower end thereof rotatable with respect to said vertical member to dispose an eccentric portion of Said button beneath said removable ceiling tile to support the same and rotatable to remove said eccentric button from beneath said ceiling tile so that the same is unsupported, the non-eccentric portion thereof disposed beneath said permanent ceiling tile.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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An improvement according to claim 1 wherein said vertical member is joined to said bracket by a supporting member which is in the form of a generally horizontal U-shaped member which engages a generally horizontal flange of a Z-bar bracket.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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An improvement according to claim 2 wherein there is disposed adjacent said vertical member a brace member maintained within said edge of said permanent ceiling tile.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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An improvement according to claim 3 wherein said vertical member is recessed within the edge of said permanent ceiling tile and said eccentric button has beneath its eccentric portion an exterior arcuate shape.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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An improvement according to claim 4 wherein the eccentric button is interiorly threaded, the vertical member at its tip is exteriorly threaded to receive the interior threads of said eccentric button.