Ceiling Grid Support Bar With Hooks For Accessory Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Ceiling grids face challenges in securely attaching accessories and elements due to their uniform construction, which limits flexibility and efficiency in installation and design.
Innovation Solution
A support bar system that extends across grid beams, featuring hooks to secure to grid beams and a spanning member to support attached elements, providing flexibility and secure attachment points.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If ceiling grids use uniform construction for all grid beams, then manufacturing efficiency and installation simplicity are improved, but flexibility in attaching accessories and elements is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The invention introduces support bars as separate modular components that can be selectively installed between grid beams. These support bars are segmented into hooks that attach to grid beams and a spanning member that provides attachment points, allowing flexibility without modifying the uniform grid beam construction.
Solution Approach 2:
The support bar acts as an intermediary component between the uniform grid beams and the accessories/elements that need to be attached. It provides the necessary variability and attachment options without requiring changes to the standard grid beam design, thus maintaining manufacturing efficiency while enabling versatile accessory attachment.
2Stability of the object's composition
If ceiling grids use uniform construction for all grid beams, then design consistency is improved, but ease of securing elements in particular orientations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The support bar introduces dynamic adjustability to the otherwise static uniform grid structure. The spanning member can be positioned at various orientations and locations between grid beams, allowing elements to be secured in particular orientations as needed, while the overall grid design consistency is maintained.
Solution Approach 2:
The support bars are pre-configured with hooks designed to securely attach to standard grid beams. This preliminary preparation of attachment mechanisms enables easy installation and orientation adjustment of elements without requiring complex field modifications to the uniform grid structure.
3Reliability
If ceiling grids use uniform construction, then structural predictability is improved, but ability to support varied loads at different locations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The support bar provides localized structural enhancement at specific locations where accessories or elements need to be supported. The hooks attach to grid beams at predetermined locations, and the spanning member creates localized support points that can handle varied loads without changing the overall uniform structure, thus maintaining structural predictability while enabling load variability.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates generally to ceiling grids, for example, suitable for forming a suspended ceiling. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a support bar configured to extend across grid beams of a ceiling grid. The support bar includes a first hook configured to secure to a first grid beam of the ceiling grid and a second hook configured to secure to a second grid beam of the ceiling grid. A spanning member extends from the first hook to the second hook and is configured to support the weight of an element attached to the support bar.