Acoustical panel mounting element

Claim 1

An acoustical panel mounting for isolating the metallic facing of the panel from vibration and noise of its supporting structure with the panel providing a pocket in one wall for the panel mounting and having a passage extending therefrom throughout the width of the panel comprising (a) an outer hollow circular body carried in the pocket formed in the panel and exposed through its metallic facing, (b) a radially extending collar-forming flange formed on one end of said body and adapted to have facial abutment with the metallic facing surrounding the pocket formed therein, (c) a cylindrical connector-receiving inner sleeve within said body and of a length equal to that of said body so as to extend coaxially thereof and of the passage formed through the panel, (d) a ring of resilient material of a size to embrace said inner sleeve and extending inwardly from the other end of said body and terminating short of said collar-forming flange so as to form an air space about one end of said sleeve and to isolate said sleeve from said body and the metallic facing of the panel, and (e) a connector having an enlarged head in contact with said one end of said inner sleeve within the periphery of said body and out of contact with said ring and having an elongated threaded shank freely journalled through said sleeve and the passage formed in said panel for mounting the panel to a supporting structure.