SURFACE FORMING SYSTEM

• US 20190048587A1
• Filed: 09/08/2016
• Published: 02/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saint-Gobain Ecophon AB (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Original Assignee: Saint-Gobain Ecophon AB (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Inventors: CHIGOT, Pierre, Arvidsson, Emma
• Granted Patent: US 10,640,974 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 9/003 with movable parts, e.g. pivoting panels, access doors
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 9/0414 being foldable, curvable or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 9/18 Means for suspending the supporting construction
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 9/34 Grid-like or open-work ceilings, e.g. lattice type box-like modules, acoustic baffles E04B9/30 takes precedence

Abstract

The present invention relates to a surface forming system intended to be supported by a structural ceiling and/or a wall of a room. The surface forming system comprises a first tile and a second tile, each tile comprising a front major surface, an opposing back major surface and at least one edge surface extending along the perimeter of the tile and connecting the front and back major surfaces, a first connecting member and a second connecting member, each comprising a tile connector and a pivot connector, wherein the tile connector of the first connecting member and the second connecting member are connected to the first tile and the second tile, respectively, and wherein the pivot connector of the first and the second connecting members are pivotably connected to each other such that the tiles are foldable relative each other. The invention further relates to a method for installation of a surface forming system supported by a structural ceiling and/or wall of a room.

Claims

1. A surface forming system intended to be supported by a structural ceiling and/or a wall of a room, the surface forming system comprising

a first tile and a second tile, each tile comprising a front major surface, an opposing back major surface and at least one edge surface extending along the perimeter of the tile and connecting the front and back major surfaces,

a first connecting member and a second connecting member, each comprising a tile connector and a pivot connector,

wherein the tile connector of the first connecting member and the second connecting member are connected to the first tile and the second tile, respectively, and

wherein the pivot connector of the first and the second connecting members are pivotably connected to each other such that the tiles are foldable relative each other.

2. The surface forming system according to claim 1, wherein the first and the second tile are comprising of compressed fibre material.

3. The surface forming system according to claim 1, wherein the pivot connector of the first and the second connecting members are pivotably connected to each other for forming a hinge joint.

4. The surface forming system according to claim 3, wherein the hinge joint is positioned in a space formed between the at least one edge surface of the first and the second tiles.

5. The surface forming system according to claim 1, wherein

the system further comprises a hinge member, and

the pivot connector of the first and the second connecting members are pivotably connected to each other via the hinge member.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the hinge member is connectable to the structural ceiling and/or the wall.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the tile connector of the first and second connecting members are

inserted in a slit or groove of the at least one edge surface of the first and the second tiles, respectively, or

attached to a major surface of the first and the second tiles, respectively.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and the second connecting members have a lip or shoulder arranged to abut the at least one edge surface of the first and the second tiles, respectively, such that a predetermined space is formed between the at least one edge surface of the first and the second tiles.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the first and the second connecting members are made of sheet structure or wire structure.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein one or both of the front major surface and the opposing back major surface of each of the first tile and the second tiles are planar.

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the system further comprises a hinge member,

the first and the second connecting members are made of bend metal wire,

the tile connectors of the first and the second connecting members each comprise a planar portion inserted in a slit or groove of the at least one edge surface of the first and the second tiles, respectively, and

the pivot connectors of the first and the second connecting members each comprise at least one protruding member inserted in corresponding orifices of the hinge member whereby the pivot connector of the first and the second connecting members are pivotably connected to each other via the hinge member.

12. A method for installation of a surface forming system supported by a structural ceiling and/or wall of a room, the method comprising

attaching a first hinge member to the structural ceiling and/or wall,

connecting a tile connector of a first connecting member to a first tile;

connecting a tile connector of a second connecting member to a second tile;

connecting a pivot connector of the first connecting member to the first hinge member; and

connecting a pivot connector of the second connecting member to the first hinge member,

whereby the first and second tiles are foldable relative each other by pivoting about said first hinge member.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprising

attaching a second and a third hinge member to the structural ceiling and/or wall,

connecting a tile connector of a third connecting member to the first tile;

connecting a tile connector of a fourth connecting member to the second tile;

connecting a pivot connector of the third connecting member to the second hinge members; and

connecting a pivot connector of the fourth connecting member to the third hinge member.