Abstract: Wall covering panels of the invention are fabricated from a corrugated cardboard material that is treated with a fire retardant. The panel may include scored edges that ease installation. In one embodiment, the panels are folded accordion-style so that the user may cut lengths as needed. A scoring tool is provided to score lines on the panels. Another embodiment includes two corrugation layers. In another embodiment, the panel includes an interior corrugation layer that is secured by an adhesive to liner boards. Each liner board is adhered to an aluminum layer. Each liner board may be treated with a fire proof treating on its outer surface. The treated boards and aluminum layers make the panel resistant to fire.

Abstract: A diffuser for a ceiling allows a ceiling fan to be mounted directly below the diffuser so that the fan may distribute the air being delivered out of the diffuser. The diffuser includes an upper box section mounted on a lower section that mounts the diffuser on the ceiling. The down rod of the ceiling fan is connected to the diffuser to support the ceiling fan. The down rod may be supported above the upper section so that the electrical connections between the ceiling fan and an electrical source may be positioned outside of the diffuser.

Abstract: A mounting bracket for supporting hollow ducts or water lines, or both in combination, between spaced-apart juxtaposed joists in a building structure comprising a lengthy plastic support member having a lineal length less than the joist spacing and a pair of parallel hollow open channels extending throughout its length, a pair of rod-shaped metallic members mounted adjacently and telescopically within said open channels, said metallic members having right-angled projecting end portions for rotational movement and forcible penetration of said bracket into juxtaposed joists to support said hollow ducts or water lines in durable long-term permanent relation within a building structure.

Abstract: This invention relates to a lengthy flexible strap of plastic material which can be used to support heating and cooling ducts in a building structure. The strap has a series of multiple spaced-apart apertures extending throughout its length to facilitate mounting and remounting of such ducts into desired final permanent arrangement. The grouped multiple apertures in the strap have both large and small adjacent locations with lines of severance therebetween for passage of large fastener heads through the larger apertures and prevention of such larger fastener heads through the smaller apertures. The strap may be easily relocated on the fasteners for realignment of the supported ducts.

Abstract: A double divisible connector frame for use as a support member for mounting return grilles and louvers in a building structure which is rectangular in shape and having a planar surface on one side and a pair of precisely-similar spaced-apart continuous rectangular flanged frames on the other side, and a lineal line of severance equidistant between said smaller flanged frames for dividing said double frame into a pair of similar smaller frames for mounting said grilles and louvers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a suspension clamp having a locking characteristic for retaining a bundled line-set assembly of an air-conditioning system. The clamp is capable of retaining the line-set assembly in both locked and unlocked arrangement during both temporary and permanent installation of the system. The free end of the clamp retaining arm is lengthy and flexible to interconnect with a mounted end on the base portion to form a transverse loop to surround the line-set assembly.

Abstract: A mounting bracket for supporting hollow ducts or water lines, or both in combination, between spaced-apart juxtaposed joists in a building structure comprising a lengthy plastic support member having a lineal length less than the joist spacing and a pair of parallel hollow open channels extending throughout its length, a pair of rod-shaped metallic members mounted adjacently and telescopically within said open channels, said metallic members having right-angled projecting end portions for rotational movement and forcible penetration of said bracket into juxtaposed joists to support said hollow ducts or water lines in durable long-term permenent relation within a building structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laminated structural sheet material or board having a planar configuration and comprising a hollow core portion and metallic foil exterior surfaces especially useful for forming ductwork, headers and deflectors in heating and cooling systems. The sheet material is substantially moistureproof, smokeproof and fireproof for forming such ductwork, headers and deflectors in combination with ceiling and/or floor joists and flooring materials, the material or board being readily bendable and having scored edges for attachment to wooden ceiling and/or floor joists in planar or angled relation.