Fixture hanging assembly

Claim 1

In combination with an open work grid type suspended ceiling frame construction incorporating ceiling blocks supported by pairs of spaced interconnected inverted T-bars, a fixture hanging support for bridging the space between a pair of adjacent T-bars and including: (i) at least two elongated flat hanger straps each having free opposite distal end portions; (ii) at least three clips or mounts each engageable with one of the distal end portions of the hanger strap and having a downwardly depending T-bar engaging portion comprising a trio of spaced resilient legs with the pair of outside legs being embraceable with one side of the T-bar and the intermediate leg being embraceable with the opposite side of the T-bar, the outside and inside legs terminating at the same distance below the top of the T-bar, having a first horizontally extending component in communication with said trio of legs and a second horizontally extending component in communication with said first horizontally extending component, said first and second horizontally extending components each provided with at least one open-ended pocket adapted to receive a free distal end of said hanger strap.