US 11,933,045 B2
Ceiling system
Dustin Headley, Hoffman Estates, IL (US); and Jason Gillette, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Turf Design, Inc., Gilberts, IL (US)
Filed by TURF DESIGN, INC., Gilberts, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/382,283.
Application 18/382,283 is a continuation of application No. 17/534,051, filed on Nov. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,834,827.
Application 17/534,051 is a continuation of application No. 16/566,444, filed on Sep. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,199,004, issued on Dec. 14, 2021.
Application 16/566,444 is a continuation of application No. 15/639,604, filed on Jun. 30, 2017, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/517,651, filed on Jun. 9, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/357,049, filed on Jun. 30, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0044136 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. E04B 9/04 (2006.01); E04B 9/00 (2006.01); E04B 9/36 (2006.01); E04B 9/34 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 9/0407 (2013.01) [E04B 9/001 (2013.01); E04B 9/366 (2013.01); E04B 9/0435 (2013.01); E04B 9/34 (2013.01); E04B 2103/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ceiling system comprising:
a backer panel comprising:
a top surface;
a bottom surface opposite the top surface; and
a plurality of openings extending from the top surface to the bottom surface;
a plurality of ceiling components, each of the plurality of ceiling components comprising:
a main body; and
a pair of tabs protruding upward from the main body and configured to engage first and second ceiling hangers of a ceiling hanger system;
the plurality of ceiling components assembled to the backer panel to form a ceiling tile in which: (1) the main bodies of the plurality of ceiling components are below the backer panel; and (2) the pairs of tabs of the plurality of ceiling components pass through the plurality of openings and protrude from the top surface of the backer panel to allow mounting of the ceiling tile to the ceiling hanger system via the pairs of tabs engaging the first and second ceiling hangers.