Suspended island ceiling system

Claim 2

A suspension ceiling island structure comprising a grid of interconnected runners cooperating to define a rectangular island assembly and defining within said island assembly a plurality of rectangular openings, panels supported within said openings by said grid, said grid including perimeter runners extending along the edges of said grid, said runners providing a central web, a stiffening bulb along the upper side of said web, an oppositely extending panel supporting flange means along the lower side of said web, said perimeter runners being interconnected at longitudinally spaced locations to perpendicularly extending inner runners, and generally channel-shaped border trim members mounted on said perimeter runners enclosing the perimeter of said grid and providing a finished border on said island, said border members providing an outer base wall and a pair of vertically spaced generally horizontally extending legs joined to said base wall, the upper of said legs engaging the upper surface and one side of the bulb of an associated perimeter runner, the lower of said legs engaging the lower surface and one side of said flange means of an associated perimeter runner, said runners also providing corner openings, and corner connectors fitting into said corner openings at adjacent ends of said border members and operating to interconnect said border members at said corners.

Claim 3

A suspension ceiling island structure as set forth in claim 1, wherein said upper legs of said border members provide a longitudinal groove aligned with said bulb, and fasteners extend through said groove into the adjacent of said bulbs of said perimeter runners to connect said border members to said grid.

Claim 4

A suspension ceiling island structure as set forth in claim 1, wherein said border members provide mitered ends engaging adjacent ends of adjacent border members with a mitered joint, and said corner connectors are concealed within said border members.

Claim 5

A suspension ceiling island structure as set forth in claim 3, wherein at least one of said legs provides spaced surfaces engaging inner and outer sides of said adjacent perimeter runner to laterally position said border members with respect to said adjacent perimeter runner in both directions.

Claim 6

A suspension ceiling island structure as set forth in claim 4, wherein said border members are snapped into position on said adjacent perimeter runner without producing visible distortion of said border members or perimeter runners.

Claim 7

A suspension ceiling island structure as set forth in claim 5, wherein said border members are extrusions and said openings extend longitudinally of said border members, said connectors being substantially L-shaped and providing a leg extending into an opening in each of said border members at said corners.

Claim 8

A suspension ceiling island structure as set forth in claim 5, wherein said border members are non-metallic extrusions formed of substantially rigid material and which is deflectable when said border members are snapped into position on said adjacent perimeter runners, said border members being dimensioned to grip said associated perimeter runners and prevent relative movement therebetween.

Claim 9

A suspension ceiling island structure comprising a grid of interconnected runners cooperating to define a rectangular island assembly and defining within said island assembly a plurality of rectangular openings, panels supported within said openings by said grid, said grid including inner runners and perimeter runners extending along the edges of said grid, said runners providing a central web, a stiffening bulb along the upper side of said web, an oppositely extending panel supporting means along the lower side of said web, said perimeter runners being interconnected at longitudinally spaced locations to perpendicularly extending inner runners by end connections extending outwardly through the webs of said perimeter runners, and generally channel-shaped border trim members mounted on said perimeter runners enclosing the perimeter of said grid and providing a finished border on said island, said border members providing an outer base wall extending generally vertically and a pair of vertically spaced, generally horizontally extending legs joined to said base wall, the upper of said legs engaging the upper surface and one side of said bulb of an associated perimeter runner, the lower of said legs engaging the lower surface and one side of said flange means of said associated perimeter runner, said border members also providing longitudinally extending corner openings and mitered ends engaging adjacent border members with a miter joint, and L-shaped corner connectors fitting into said corner openings of adjacent ends of said border members with a tight fit operating to interconnect said border members at said corners, said border members being sized to enclose said end connectors extending through said webs of said perimeter runners with clearance.

Claim 10

A suspension ceiling island structure comprising a grid of interconnected runners cooperating to define a rectangular island assembly and defining within said island assembly a plurality of rectangular openings, panels supported within said openings by said grid, said grid including inner runners and perimeter runners extending along the edges of said grid, said runners providing a central web, a stiffening bulb along the upper side of said web, an oppositely extending panel supporting means along the lower side of said web, said perimeter runners being interconnected at longitudinally spaced locations to perpendicularly extending inner runners by end connections extending outwardly through the webs of said perimeter runners, and generally channel-shaped border trim members mounted on said perimeter runners enclosing the perimeter of said grid and providing a finished border on said island, said border members providing an outer base wall extending generally vertically and a pair of vertically spaced, generally horizontally extending legs joined to said base wall, the upper of said legs engaging the upper surface and one side of said bulb of an associated perimeter runner, the lower of said legs engaging the lower surface and one side of said flange means of said associated perimeter runner, said border members also providing longitudinally extending corner openings and mitered ends engaging adjacent border members with a miter joint, and L-shaped corner connectors fitting into said corner openings of adjacent ends of said border members with a tight fit operating to interconnect said border members at said corners, said border members being sized to enclose said end connectors extending through said webs of said perimeter runners with clearance.

Claim 11

A suspension ceiling island structure as set forth in claim 8, wherein said border members provide opposed surfaces on at least one of said legs which engage opposite sides of the adjacent portion of the adjacent perimeter runner and laterally position said border members in both directions.

Claim 12

A suspension ceiling island structure as set forth in claim 8, wherein said upper legs of said border members provide a lengthwise groove aligned with the adjacent bulb of said perimeter runners, and fasteners extending through said groove into said adjacent bulb secure said border members to said grid.

Claim 13

A suspension ceiling island structure as set forth in claim 8, wherein said flange means defines a box-shaped channel along the lower side of said runners which is open along the lower surface thereof, and said lower legs of said border members project up into said opening in said lower surface of said boxlike channel.

Claim 14

A suspension ceiling island structure as set forth in claim 11, wherein said panels provide a central planar portion and upstanding flanges projecting upwardly into said opening in said boxlike channel, said planar portion of said panels being substantially coplanar with said lower leg of said border members.