ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,840, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to AWI Licensing LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Ceiling system" was invented by Daniel M. Holdridge (Ephrata, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spring clip for mounting ceiling panels equipped with torsion springs to a ceiling support grid and ceiling systems including the same. The ceiling system may include a grid support member that is elongated along a longitudinal axis and has a bulbous top portion having a downward facing bottom surface and a spring clip that is configured to be mounted to the grid support member. The spring clip may include an upper portion that defines a receptacle that is ...