ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,765, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to AWI Licensing LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Ceiling system" was invented by Stephanie J. Watson (Coatesville, Pa.), Anouk Lacoste (Laval, Canada) and Denis Maltais (Laval, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceiling system including a support grid and a panel assembly. The panel assembly includes backslats that are arranged parallel to one another, panels that are coupled to the backslats, and mounting assemblies for mounting the panel assembly to the support grid. The mounting assemblies include a mounting bracket and a torsion spring. A first pair of the mounting assemblies is coupled to a first...