ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,623, issued on June 24, was assigned to 9Wood Inc. (Springfield, Ore.).
"Attachment components and system for ceiling panels" was invented by Nathan Pfeifer (Eugene, Ore.) and Rhett Shidaker (Eugene, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attachment system providing for connecting ceiling panels to a grid of suspended T-bars, may include plural plates attached to the upper surface of the ceiling panel. Each plate may include a standoff that offsets the plate's main surface to provide a space between the plate and the panel where a yoke may be captured but remain movable in a horizontal plane a sufficient amount to improve alignment o...