US 12,110,684 B2
Clip, ceiling base, and method for constructing same
Ushio Sudo, Tokyo (JP); Tomoya Hasegawa, Tokyo (JP); Takuji Yamashita, Tokyo (JP); and Yusuke Watanabe, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to YOSHINO GYPSUM CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/756,918
Filed by YOSHINO GYPSUM CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/043011
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/131419, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-235925 (JP), filed on Dec. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0012161 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. E04B 9/18 (2006.01); E04B 1/98 (2006.01); E04B 9/06 (2006.01); E04B 9/16 (2006.01); E04B 9/22 (2006.01); E04G 21/14 (2006.01); E04H 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 9/183 (2013.01) [E04B 1/98 (2013.01); E04B 9/065 (2013.01); E04B 9/16 (2013.01); E04B 9/22 (2013.01); E04G 21/14 (2013.01); E04H 9/021 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clip that fixes a ceiling joist intersecting a ceiling joist receiver to the ceiling joist receiver, the clip comprising:
a top portion having a width of the ceiling joist receiver;
a first hanging portion hanging down from one end of the top portion, and provided with, at a lower portion, first engaging projections extending left and right to engage the ceiling joist; and
a second hanging portion hanging down from another end of the top portion, and provided with, at a lower portion, second engaging projections extending left and right to lock the ceiling joist,
wherein the first hanging portion has a length longer than that of the second hanging portion, and
wherein a recess is provided only at an intermediate position of the first hanging portion, said recess extending in a direction toward the second hanging portion and the second hanging portion has no recess extending in the direction toward the first hanging portion.