US Patent Issued to Turf Design on July 28 for "Ceiling system" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,702, issued on July 28, was assigned to Turf Design Inc. (Gilberts, Ill.).

"Ceiling system" was invented by Jason T. Gillette (Chicago), Keith Alsberg (Evanston, Ill.), Scott H. Wilson (Chicago) and David B. Seal (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceiling system that includes at least one acoustic ceiling tile that can be quickly and easily installed onto a ceiling hanger system. The ceiling system may comprise an acoustic ceiling tile and a plurality of magnetic assemblies. Each of the magnetic assemblies may comprise a magnet retaining clip and a magnet secured to the magnet retaining clip. The plurality of magnetic assembli...