US 12,258,752 B2
Asymmetrical building surface baffles and building surface system
Michael Magin, Cumming, GA (US); and Samuel Carrillo Lacouture, Lawrenceville, GA (US)
Assigned to CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation, Malvern, PA (US)
Filed by CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation, Malvern, PA (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/555,843.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/127,863, filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0195717 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. E04B 1/34 (2006.01); E04B 1/344 (2006.01); E04B 2/72 (2006.01); E04B 1/99 (2006.01); E04B 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/344 (2013.01) [E04B 2/72 (2013.01); E04B 1/994 (2013.01); E04B 9/003 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A building surface system comprising:
a first support structure;
a second support structure; and
a plurality of baffles extending from the first support structure to the second support structure, wherein each baffle comprises:
an elongate body extending along an axis from a first end to a second end, the elongate body having a depth including a narrow portion that extends away from the axis along a first direction and a wide portion, the wide portion including first and second projections that extend laterally outward from the first direction;
a first aperture extending into the first end of the elongate body along the axis; and
a second aperture extending into the second end of the elongate body along the axis,
wherein each baffle is supported at the first end by a respective first pin segment that is inserted into the first aperture and is supported at the second end by respective second pin segment that is inserted into the second aperture.