Suspender

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12404675-B2
Application number	US-202118033518-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2021
Priority date	Oct 26, 2020
Publication date	Sep 2, 2025
Grant date	Sep 2, 2025

Abstract

A suspender suspends an object via a grid-shaped groove provided in a ceiling included in a building. The suspender includes a fixed portion fixed to multiple places in the groove. The suspender includes a body portion that is connected to the fixed portion and that suspends the object. A first guide portion extending in a first direction for connecting the fixed portion and the body portion is provided at the fixed portion or the body portion, and a connecting position of the body portion can be changed. A second guide portion that is used for suspending the object and that extends in a second direction is provided. The suspender can change a suspending position of the object.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A suspender configured to suspend an object to be suspended via a grid-shaped groove provided at a ceiling included in a building, comprising:
a fixed portion fixed to multiple places in the grid-shaped groove; and
a body portion connected to the fixed portion and configured to suspend the object to be suspended, wherein
a first guide portion configured to connect the fixed portion and the body portion to each other and extending in a first direction is provided at the fixed portion or the body portion,
a connecting position of the body portion with respect to the fixed portion is changeable within a range of a length of the first guide portion,
a second guide portion configured to suspend the object to be suspended and extending in a second direction different from the first direction is provided at the body portion, and
a suspending position of the object to be suspended with respect to the body portion is changeable within a range of a length of the second guide portion.

2. The suspender according to claim 1 , wherein
the first direction is parallel to a groove extending in a predetermined direction out of the grid-shaped groove, and
the second direction is parallel to a groove extending in a direction intersecting with the predetermined direction out of the grid-shaped groove.

3. The suspender according to claim 1 , wherein the fixed portion includes a plurality of suspending portions fixed to the groove and a plate-shaped body attached to lower ends of the plurality of suspending portions and expanding horizontally.

4. The suspender according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of suspending portions includes:
a first suspending portion fixed to a first position in the groove;
a second suspending portion fixed to a second position in the groove, the second position different from the first position; and
a third suspending portion fixed to a third position in the groove, the third position different from the first position and the second position,
the plate-shaped body includes:
a first portion fixed to a lower portion of the first suspending portion and extending in the first direction;
a second portion fixed to a lower portion of the second suspending portion and extending in the first direction; and
a third portion fixed to a lower portion of the third suspending portion, extending in the second direction, and connected to each of the first portion and the second portion, and
the first guide portion is provided at each of the first portion and the second portion.

5. The suspender according to claim 4 , wherein the body portion includes:
a first raceway connected to the first guide portion of the first portion and extending in the second direction; and
a second raceway separately from the first raceway, connected to the first guide portion of the second portion, and extending in the second direction, and
the first raceway and the second raceway each include the second guide portion.

6. The suspender according to claim 5 , wherein
the body portion includes a straight member connected to each of a lower end of the first raceway and a lower end of the second raceway, and extending in the second direction, and
the straight member includes the second guide portion.

7. The suspender according to claim 5 , wherein
the body portion is connected to each of the first guide portion of the first portion and the first guide portion of the second portion and extends in the second direction, and
the second guide portion is provided at the body portion.

8. The suspender according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of suspending portions include:
a fourth suspending portion fixed to a fourth position in the groove; and
a fifth suspending portion fixed to a fifth position in the groove, the fifth position different from the fourth position,
the plate-shaped body includes:
a fourth portion fixed to a lower end of the fourth suspending portion and extending in the first direction; and
a fifth portion fixed to a lower end of the fifth suspending portion, extending in the second direction, and connected to the fourth portion,
the first guide portion is provided at the fourth portion,
the body portion includes a third raceway connected to the first guide of the fourth portion and extending in the second direction, and
the third raceway includes the second guide portion.

9. The suspender according to claim 1 , wherein the fixed portion includes:
a sixth suspending portion fixed to a sixth position in the groove; and
a seventh suspending portion fixed to a seventh position in the groove, the seventh position different from the sixth position,
the body portion is a plate-shaped member attached to lower portions of the sixth suspending portion and the seventh suspending portion and expanding horizontally, and includes:
a first arc-shaped guide portion that is the first guide portion corresponding to the sixth suspending portion;
a second arc-shaped guide portion that is the first guide portion corresponding to the seventh suspending portion; and
the second guide portion extending straight,
the first arc-shaped guide portion and the second arc-shaped guide portion have an arc shape centering on a common point and face each other with the common point interposed therebetween, and
the second guide portion extends between the first arc-shaped guide portion and the second arc-shaped guide portion in a plan view.

Assignees

• Murata Machinery Ltd

Inventors

• Taniguchi Hiroto

Classifications

• F16M13/027 Primary

  Ceiling supports · CPC title

• E04B9/006 Primary

  with means for hanging lighting fixtures or other appliances to the framework of the ceiling · CPC title

• F16M11/2085

  comprising means allowing sideward adjustment, i.e. left-right translation of the head relatively to the undercarriage · CPC title

• F16M11/043

  Allowing translations · CPC title

• B65G1/04 Primary

  mechanical · CPC title