IP Library Granted Patent US 10,472,817
Granted Patent B2
US 10,472,817 · App. 16/154,179 · Granted Nov 12, 2019

Panel system and support member for use with the same

Inventors: Scott D. Harnish (Lancaster, PA); Todd M. Bergman (Lititz, PA); Ryan D. Hanuschak (Lancaster, PA); Jonathan P. Van Dore (Lititz, PA)
Assignee: AWI Licensing LLC
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Patent No.
US 10,472,817
App. No.
16/154,179
Granted
Nov 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A building panel system is provided that includes a perimeter frame; a main beam attached to the perimeter frame; a carrier attached to the main beam, the carrier having a plurality of identical hook members, each of the hook members having a protruding hooking portion on only a first side of the hook member, and a non-hooking portion on a second side of the hook member, the second side being opposite the first side; and a plurality of panels removably attached to the carrier, each of the panels being attached to the carrier by engaging one of the hooking portions.

Claims (23)

1. A carrier configured for use with a building panel system, the building panel system having a perimeter frame, a main beam attached to the perimeter frame, and a plurality of panels, the carrier comprising:

a main beam attachment surface configured to be attached to the main beam; and

a plurality of identical hook members, each of the hook members having a protruding hooking portion on only a first side of the hook member, and a non-hooking portion on a second side of the hook member, the second side being opposite the first side, the protruding hooking portion terminating at a distal end and having a notch formed into a corner of the distal end of the protruding hooking portion,

wherein the hook members are configured to receive the plurality of panels such that the panels are removably attached to the carrier, and

the hook members are configured such that each of the panels is attachable to the carrier by engaging one of the hooking portions.

2. The carrier of claim 1 , wherein the hook members are configured such that each of the panels is attachable to the carrier by engaging two of the hooking portions.

3. The carrier of claim 1 , wherein the panels are ceiling panels.

4. The carrier of claim 1 , wherein the panels are wall panels.

5. The carrier of claim 1 , wherein the hook member includes a wall opposite to the hooking portion.

6. The carrier of claim 1 , wherein the carrier has two parallel rows of the hook members.

7. A building panel system comprising:

a perimeter frame;

a main beam attached to the perimeter frame;

a carrier attached to the main beam, the carrier having a longitudinal direction and a plurality of identical hook members arranged along the longitudinal direction, each of the hook members having

a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side and the second side being arranged relative to each other along the longitudinal direction of the carrier, and

a protruding hooking portion on the first side that terminates at a distal end, the distal end comprising a notch; and

a plurality of panels removably attached to the carrier, each of the panels having a first end and a second end, the second end being opposite the first end along a longitudinal direction of the carrier, each of the plurality of panels being attached to the carrier by the first end engaging one of the notches of the hooking portions.

8. The building panel system of claim 7 , wherein the carrier has two parallel rows of the hook members.

9. The building panel system of claim 7 , wherein the hook member includes a wall opposite to the hooking portion, the wall contacting a rising portion of one of the panels, the rising portion being closer to the second end than the first end.

10. The building panel system of claim 7 , wherein the building panel system further comprising an end panel bracket, the end panel bracket having

a notch configured to engage an edge of an uncut end of a first panel of the plurality of panels, the first panel having its first end cut off, the notch of the end panel bracket preventing movement of the first panel in a longitudinal direction of the carrier; and

a ledge configured to contact an inside surface of an uncut end of a second panel of the plurality of panels, the second panel having its second end cut off, the ledge of the end panel bracket supporting the second panel to prevent movement of the second panel in a longitudinal direction of the carrier,

wherein the end panel bracket is configured to be attached to the carrier.

Assignments (4)
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Dec 7, 2022
From: AWI LICENSING LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS THE COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062081/0516 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Oct 11, 2019
From: ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 050710/0093 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2019
From: ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.
To: AWI LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 050649/0100 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2018
From: HARNISH, SCOTT D.; BERGMAN, TODD M.; HANUSCHAK, RYAN D.; VAN DORE, JONATHAN P.
To: ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 047093/0818 →
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