SUSPENSION OF GYPSUM BOARD PANELS

摘要

A suspension assembly for suspending a gypsum board panel from a channel member of a support structure comprises a plate having a plurality of panel-piercing members extending from one face. The plate has upper and lower portions with a transverse line of weakness extending across the plate adjacent the upper end of the lower portion. A separate suspension clip is attached to the plate above the line of weakness, a lower portion of the clip situated below the level of the line of weakness being inclined outwardly from the plane of the plate to form a cam surface which engages over a side leg of the channel member. Under the applied loads, the clip causes the plate to bend about the line of weakness in a sense to incline the panel-piercing members of the lower plate portion in an upwards direction. This inclination prevents the panel-piercing members from being drawn out of the panel during use.