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The present invention is directed to an end connector for a cross tee for use in a suspended ceiling grid system. The end connector includes a front portion adapted to be inserted by a stab in motion into a vertical opening in a web of a main tee and a rear portion adapted to be attached to an end o

The present invention is directed to an end connector for a cross tee for use in a suspended ceiling grid system. The end connector includes a front portion adapted to be inserted by a stab in motion into a vertical opening in a web of a main tee and a rear portion adapted to be attached to an end of a cross tee. The front portion has front, bottom and top edges with a first lock arrangement provided on a top edge of the front portion, the first lock region providing a connection between the end connector and a web of a main tee when the connector is inserted into an opening in a web of a main tee. The first lock arrangement extends angularly outwardly of the end connector and has a forward portion resiliently deflectable from its rest position to pass through an opening in a web of a main tee and then spring back to its rest position. A web containing area is located rearwardly of the forward portion for containing a web of a main tee and a stop surface is located rearwardly of the web containing area. The front portion of the end connector also has a second lock arrangement located within the body of the front portion for locking engagement with a complementary second lock arrangement of another end connector to interlock two such connectors inserted from opposite sides into an opening of a web of a main tee.

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[ The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:] [1.] An end connector for a cross tee for use in a suspended ceiling grid system, said end connector having a generally planar body having a rear mounting portion and a forward connecti

[ The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:] [1.] An end connector for a cross tee for use in a suspended ceiling grid system, said end connector having a generally planar body having a rear mounting portion and a forward connecting tongue portion for insertion into a vertical opening in a web of a main tee, said tongue portion having an upper edge and a lower edge and having a main tee web locking means comprising a spring element projecting upwardly from said tongue upper edge and canted at an obtuse angle outwardly of said tongue portion, said spring element having a first forward shoulder having a forwardly sloping front surface and a rearwardly spaced second shoulder, said shoulders defining a main tee web receiving notch there between.