IP Library Granted Patent US 9,670,673
Granted Patent B2
US 9,670,673 · App. 14/935,562 · Granted Jun 6, 2017

Ceiling system

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Patent No.
US 9,670,673
App. No.
14/935,562
Granted
Jun 6, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ceiling system including: a ceiling structure suspended in an interior space. The ceiling structure includes: a perimeter frame defining a central opening, the perimeter frame comprising a fabric gripping member; a support grid comprising a plurality of intersecting struts defining a plurality of grid openings, the support grid disposed within the central opening and coupled to the perimeter frame; a plurality of acoustic ceiling panels, each of the acoustic ceiling panels mounted to the support grid and disposed in one of the grid openings; and a tensioned fabric sheet having a perimeter portion that is engaged by the fabric gripping member of the perimeter frame, the tensioned fabric sheet located below the acoustic ceiling panels and covering the central opening.

Claims (42)

1. A ceiling system comprising:

a ceiling structure suspended in an interior space, the ceiling structure comprising:

a perimeter frame defining a central opening, the perimeter frame comprising:

a first fabric gripping member; and

a second fabric gripping member;

a first tensioned fabric sheet having a perimeter portion that is engaged by the first fabric gripping member of the perimeter frame, the first tensioned fabric sheet covering the central opening; and

a second tensioned fabric sheet having a perimeter portion that is engaged by the second fabric gripping member of the perimeter frame, the second tensioned fabric overlying the first tensioned fabric;

wherein an upper surface of the second tensioned fabric is adjacent the lower surface of the first tensioned fabric.

2. The ceiling system according to claim 1 wherein the second tensioned fabric comprises one or more openings through which a portion of the first tensioned fabric is exposed.

3. The ceiling system according to claim 1 wherein the perimeter frame comprises a track having an upstanding wall having an outer surface and an inner surface, the second tensioned fabric sheet wrapping around the outer surface of the upstanding wall.

4. The ceiling system according to claim 3 wherein the upstanding wall of the track circumscribes the first tensioned fabric sheet.

5. The ceiling system according to claim 4 wherein the first fabric gripping member is located at a bottom portion of the upstanding wall of the track and the second fabric gripping member is located at a top portion of the upstanding wall of the track.

6. The ceiling system according to claim 4 wherein each of the first and second fabric gripping members extend from the inner surface of the upstanding wall of the track.

7. The ceiling system according to claim 1 wherein the first fabric gripping member comprises a downward-facing access slot receiving and securing the perimeter portion of the first tensioned fabric sheet, and the second fabric gripping member comprises an upward-facing access slot receiving and securing the perimeter portion of the second tensioned fabric sheet.

8. The ceiling system according to claim 1 wherein the ceiling structure further comprises a support assembly disposed within the central opening and coupled to the perimeter frame.

9. The ceiling system according to claim 1 wherein the first tensioned fabric is a first color and the second tensioned fabric is a second color that is different than the first color.

10. A ceiling system comprising:

a ceiling structure suspended in an interior space, the ceiling structure comprising:

a perimeter frame defining a central opening, the perimeter frame comprising:

a first fabric gripping member; and

a second fabric gripping member;

a first tensioned fabric sheet having a perimeter portion that is engaged by the first fabric gripping member of the perimeter frame, the first tensioned fabric sheet covering the central opening; and

a second tensioned fabric sheet having a perimeter portion that is engaged by the second fabric gripping member of the perimeter frame, the second tensioned fabric overlying the first tensioned fabric;

wherein the first fabric gripping member comprises a downward-facing access slot receiving and securing the perimeter portion of the first tensioned fabric sheet, and the second fabric gripping member comprises an upward-facing access slot receiving and securing the perimeter portion of the second tensioned fabric sheet; and

wherein the first gripping member comprises first and second gripping jaws that oppose one another to form the access slot of the first gripping member, and the second gripping member comprises first and second gripping jaws that oppose one another to form the access slot of the second gripping member; and wherein the first gripping member comprises a fabric collection cavity and the access slot of the first gripping member forms a passageway into the fabric collection cavity of the first gripping member, the perimeter portion of the first tensioned fabric sheet extending through the access slot of the first fabric gripping member and into the fabric collection cavity of the first fabric gripping member; and wherein the second gripping member comprises a fabric collection cavity and the access slot of the second gripping member forms a passageway into the fabric collection cavity of the second gripping member, the perimeter portion of the first tensioned fabric sheet extending through the access slot of the second fabric gripping member and into the fabric collection cavity of the second fabric gripping member.

11. A ceiling system comprising:

a ceiling structure suspended in an interior space, the ceiling structure comprising:

a perimeter frame defining a central opening, the perimeter frame comprising:

a first fabric gripping member;

a second fabric gripping member; and

a track having an upstanding wall;

a first tensioned fabric sheet having a first perimeter portion that is engaged by the first fabric gripping member of the perimeter frame, the first tensioned fabric sheet covering the central opening; and

a second tensioned fabric sheet having a second perimeter portion that is engaged by the second fabric gripping member of the perimeter frame, the second tensioned fabric sheet overlying the first tensioned fabric sheet and the second tensioned fabric sheet wrapping around the upstanding wall;

wherein the upstanding wall of the track circumscribes the first perimeter portion of the first tensioned fabric sheet.

12. The ceiling system according to claim 11 , wherein the upstanding wall comprises an outer surface opposite an inner surface.

13. The ceiling system according to claim 12 , wherein the second tensioned fabric sheet wraps around the outer surface of the upstanding wall.

14. The ceiling system according to claim 13 , wherein the first fabric gripping member is adjacent to the inner surface of the upstanding wall.

15. The ceiling system according to claim 12 , wherein the second fabric gripping member is located adjacent to the inner surface of the upstanding wall.

16. The ceiling system according to claim 12 , wherein the first perimeter portion of the first fabric sheet is adjacent the inner surface of the upstanding wall.

17. The ceiling system according to claim 12 , wherein the second perimeter portion of the second fabric sheet is adjacent the inner surface of the upstanding wall.

18. The ceiling system according to claim 11 , wherein the ceiling structure has an exposed side surface comprising the second tensioned fabric sheet.

19. The ceiling system according to claim 18 , wherein the ceiling structure comprises a first major surface opposite a second major surface, the exposed side surface extending between the first major surface and the second major surface, and wherein the second tensioned fabric sheet extends between the first major surface and the second major surface.

Assignments (4)
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Oct 11, 2019
From: AWI LICENSING LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 050710/0101 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2017
From: ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.
To: AWI LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 042239/0017 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Apr 11, 2016
From: ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038403/0628 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2015
From: BERGMAN, TODD M.
To: ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 036990/0184 →