IP Library Granted Patent US 8,413,402
Granted Patent B2
US 8,413,402 · App. 12/806,909 · Granted Apr 9, 2013

Beam clip with teeth

Inventor: Brett W. Sareyka (Aston, PA)
Assignee: Worthington Armstrong Venture
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Patent No.
US 8,413,402
App. No.
12/806,909
Granted
Apr 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A saddle connector, having an inverted channel, engages a bulb of a beam in the grid of a suspended ceiling. The channel has hardened teeth staggered along the opposing walls of the channel. The teeth are forced into the bulb of the beam, one at a time, by the full force exerted by hand operated pliers.

Claims (10)

1. A method for securing a saddle connector to a steel bulb of a steel beam in a grid of a suspended ceiling, wherein the steel bulb extends along the top of the steel beam, the improved method comprising:

(a) providing the saddle connector with an inverted channel comprising an opposing first and opposing second side wall,

(b) creating a first clear surface area on the first opposing side wall and a first tooth in the second opposing side wall that is opposite the first clear surface area,

(c) using the first clear surface area as a support for a first jaw of a pair of manually operated pliers to force the first tooth in the second opposing side wall into the steel bulb by a force from a second jaw of the pair of manually operated pliers, the first tooth piercing the steel bulb, wherein when inserted the first tooth creates a second clear surface area on the second opposing side wall,

(d) providing a second tooth in the first opposing side wall that is opposite the second clear surface area such that the first tooth and the second tooth are staggered along the opposing first and opposing second side walls, wherein the first and second tooth are each formed of hardened metal, and

(e) using the second clear surface area as a support for the first jaw of the pair of manually operated pliers to force the second tooth in the first opposing side wall into the steel bulb by a force from the second jaw of the manually operated pliers, the second tooth piercing the steel bulb.

2. The improved method of claim 1 , wherein the saddle connector secures the steel beam in the grid a wall molding.

3. The improved method of claim 1 , wherein the saddle connector secures the steel beam in the grid to another beam.

4. The improved method of claim 3 , wherein the saddle connector further secures a cross beam to a main beam.

5. The improved method of claim 4 , wherein the saddle connector further secures opposing cross beams to a main beam.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2010
From: SAREYKA, BRETT W.
To: WORTHINGTON ARMSTRONG VENTURE
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Continuity (1)
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