Stab-in connector
CA 2488594 C · Owner: Platt, William J. · Inventors: Platt, William J.; Sareyka, Brett W.; Lin, Yu
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A stab-in connector that locks with an opposing identical connector through a slot in the main beam of a suspended ceiling grid. The connector has a cantilevered locking latch that is pivoted in an arc from the base of the connector that delays contact with the side of the slot as the connector is being stabbed into the slot.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed November 30, 2004 and granted February 21, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 30, 2024.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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