Lower edge finish for drywall
AssigneesRobert B. Jordan, IV, Eddie Alexander Meeks
InventorEddie Alexander Meeks
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Abstract
A wall assembly and a lower edge finish for a drywall. The wall assembly comprises a stud wall forming a support frame, a lower edge finish installed on the bottom of the stud wall, and a drywall sheet having a lower edge in the channel with its weight supported by the base secured to the stud wall. The lower edge finish has a channel formed from a first sidewall and a second sidewall receiving a drywall sheet, and a base underneath the channel supports the drywall sheet above a surface. The second sidewall and the base are surface mounted on the stud wall.
Claims17
A lower edge finish for a dry wall comprising:
- a channel formed from a first sidewall and a second sidewall for receiving a drywall sheet, and
- a base underneath the channel for supporting the drywall sheet above a surface, the base having a front face under the first sidewall that recesses toward the second sidewall by a distance greater than the first sidewall's thickness, the base of the first sidewall is at substantially the same plane as the first sidewall and is free of protrusions from that plane in a direction away from the second sidewall, and
- wherein the second sidewall and the base are adapted to be surface mounted on a stud wall and the lower edge finish is free of extension toward the stud wall.
A wall assembly comprising:
- a stud wall forming a support frame,
- a lower edge finish installed on the bottom of the stud wall, the lower edge finish comprising
- i) a channel formed from a first sidewall and a second sidewall for receiving a drywall sheet, and
- ii) a base underneath the channel for supporting the drywall sheet above a surface, the base having a front face under the first sidewall that recesses toward the second sidewall by a distance greater than the first sidewall's thickness, the base of the first sidewall is at substantially the same plane as the first sidewall and is free of protrusions from that plane in a direction away from the second sidewall, and
- a drywall sheet having a lower edge in the channel with its weight supported by the base secured to the stud wall,
- wherein the second sidewall and the base are surface mounted on the stud wall.
A method for installing drywall comprising:
- installing a stud wall onto a floor, followed by fastening a channel formed from a first sidewall and a second sidewall to the stud wall at the floor the channel having abase that has a front face under the first sidewall that recesses toward the second sidewall by a distance greater than the first sidewall's thickness, the base of the first sidewall is at substantially the same plane as the first sidewall and is free of protrusions from that plane in a direction away from the second sidewall, and
- inserting a drywall sheet within the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.