Henry L Reynolds

US Patent:

51779293, Jan 12, 1993

Filed:

Nov 1, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/786600

Inventors:

Henry B. Reynolds - Bethesda MD

International Classification:

E04B 100

US Classification:

5274505

Abstract:

This invention relates to devices and methods for installing ceilings made from tiles that are supported by a suspension grid that is not visible from the underside of the ceiling. One embodiment comprises channels that form the suspension grid, channel wall supports for supporting the grid where the ceiling abuts the walls, and hangers that are capable of establishing the ceiling level as well as supporting the suspension grid in its mid-span regions. Another embodiment comprises a method of installing the wall hangers, suspension grid channels, and hangers.

US Patent:

50818120, Jan 21, 1992

Filed:

May 16, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/524059

Inventors:

Henry B. Reynolds - Bethesda MD

International Classification:

E04B 930
E04B 924

US Classification:

52484

Abstract:

This invention relates to devices and methods for installing ceilings made from tiles that are supported by a suspension grid that is not visible from the underside of the ceiling. One embodiment comprises channels that form the suspension grid, channel wall supports for supporting the grid where the ceiling abuts the walls, and hangers that are capable of establishing the ceiling level as well as supporting the suspension grid in its mid-span regions. Another embodiment comprises a method of installing the wall hangers, suspension grid channels, and hangers.

US Patent:

55986781, Feb 4, 1997

Filed:

Jun 7, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/481070

Inventors:

Henry B. Reynolds - Bethesda MD

International Classification:

E04B 200

US Classification:

5250609

Abstract:

Devices for ceilings in which tiles are supported by a concealed suspension grid include channels and channel hangers that establish the ceiling level and support the suspension grid and, together with wall supports form the suspension grid. Each channel, in cross-section, is substantially "U" shaped and has a retaining tab portion positioned at one end of one of its legs that is oriented at right angles to that leg in the direction of the other leg. The tabbed leg may be shorter than the untabbed leg which may be substantially the same height as the depth of the edge grooves in the ceiling tiles. Each hanger is adapted for affixation to a support structure at one end, and has a channel-receiving aperture at its other end whose height when said hanger is vertically oriented is greater than the height of the retaining tab portion of the channels, and has a vertical slot in its floor that is deeper than the height of the retaining tab. With the channel oriented so that it opens laterally toward said hanger, the untabbed leg of the channel may be positioned in the edge slot of ceiling tiles positioned adjacent to the bottom end of the hanger while the other (tabbed) end of the channel is slid into the aperture in the hanger, until the tab drops into the slot in the floor of the aperture, locking the channel and the ceiling tiles into position.