Suspended ceiling with downwardly pivotable panels

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EP 1 898 016 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	20.01.2010 Bulletin 2010/03

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	12.03.2008 Bulletin 2008/11

(21)	Application number: 07016866.1

(22)	Date of filing: 28.08.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

E04B 9/00^(2006.01)

E04B 9/24^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK RS

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Priority:

28.08.2006 US 840653 P

(71)	Applicant: Armstrong Metalldecken AG
	9015 St. Gallen (CH)

(72)	Inventor:
	Flaig, Willi 9015 St. Gallen (CH)

(74)	Representative: Finck, Dieter et al
	V. Füner, Ebbinghaus, Finck, Hano Mariahilfplatz 3 81541 München 81541 München (DE)

(54)	Suspended ceiling with downwardly pivotable panels

(57) The hinge-down ceiling panel assembly 14 has an improved panel 32 which has a horizontal lower surface 36 and a plurality of sidewalls 40 to 43 extending substantially vertically. The panel 32 includes hardware for pivotally mounting and locking and releasing the panel 32 in the ceiling which are in engagement with the vertical sidewalls 40 to 43 of the panel 32. The panel hardware includes pivot members 44 and spring biased slide members 50 for moving the hardware out of the way of the support members 12 when the panel 32 is either installed or uninstalled. The pivot members 44 and the slide members 50 are made of flat stamped sheet metal and are mounted by being inserted and positioned in slots 62, 64, 66, 72, 72' of the sidewalls 40 to 43 and in notched out bend tabs 70, 70', respectively.

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