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US 11,781,575 B1Granted
Spacer clip for use in a wall assembly
OwnerJoseph J. Foral, Rene Barrerainventors
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Abstract
A spacer clip comprised of a low thermal conductive material is secured to the Z girts of a wall assembly to provide a thermal break between the Z girts and the sheathing members of the wall assembly and to also provide a thermal break between the sheathing members and the insulation members of the wall assembly.
Claims7
A wall assembly, comprising:
- a horizontally disposed bottom plate;
- a horizontally disposed top plate;
- a plurality of vertically disposed studs secured to said bottom and top plates in a horizontally spaced-apart manner;
- each of said studs having an interior side and an exterior side;
- sheathing material secured to said exterior sides of said studs;
- said sheathing material having an interior side and an exterior side;
- an elongated and generally U-shaped channel member positioned outwardly of said exterior side of said sheathing material and outwardly of said bottom plate;
- said channel member being secured to said bottom plate;
- an elongated and horizontally disposed first Z girt being positioned outwardly of said sheathing material;
- said first Z girt being positioned above said U-shaped channel member;
- said first Z girt, including a vertically disposed upper portion having upper and lower ends, a horizontally disposed wall portion, having inner and outer ends, extending outwardly from said lower end of said upper portion and a vertically disposed outer wall portion, having upper and lower ends, extending downwardly from said outer end of said horizontally disposed wall portion;
- a plurality of vertically disposed first insulation sheets having an upper end and a lower end;
- said first insulation sheets being positioned at said exterior side of said sheathing material in an end-to-end manner;
- said lower ends of said first insulation sheets being received in said channel member;
- said upper ends of said first insulation sheets being received in said first Z girt inwardly of said outer wall portion thereof;
- an elongated and horizontally disposed second Z girt, identical to said first Z girt, positioned above said first Z girt;
- a plurality of second insulation sheets, having upper and lower ends;
- said lower ends of said second insulation sheet members being positioned on said horizontally disposed wall portion of said first Z girt;
- said upper ends of said second insulation sheet members being received by said second Z girt inwardly of said outer wall of said second Z girt;
- a plurality of spacer clips;
- each of said spacer clips including:
- (a) a body member having an upper end, a lower end, a first end, a second end, an inner side and an outer side;
- (b) a spring clip having an upper end, a lower end, an inner side and an outer side;
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- (c) said spring clip extending downwardly from said upper end of said body portion at outer side thereof thereby creating a space therebetween;
- (d) said spring clip having an opening formed therein between said upper and lower ends thereof;
- (e) said body portion having an opening formed therein which is aligned with said opening in said spring clip;
- said spacer clips being comprised of a low thermal conductive material;
- each of said spacer clips being configured to receive said upper portion of a Z girt whereby said body portion thereof is positioned inwardly of the respective Z girt;
- each of said spacer clips having a screw extending inwardly through said opening in said spring clip, through said upper portion of the respective Z girt, through said opening in said body portion thereof, through said sheathing material and into the respective stud;
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- said spacer clips creating a thermal break between said Z girts and said sheathing material.
29 more elements
A wall assembly, comprising:
- a horizontally disposed bottom plate;
- a horizontally disposed top plate;
- a plurality of vertically disposed studs secured to said bottom and top plates in a horizontally spaced-apart manner;
- said studs having upper and lower ends;
- each of said studs having an interior side and an exterior side;
- sheathing material secured to said exterior sides of said studs;
- said sheathing material having an interior side and an exterior side;
- an elongated and horizontally disposed first Z girt secured to said studs above said lower ends thereof;
- an elongated and horizontally disposed second Z girt secured to said studs above said first Z girt;
- an elongated and horizontally disposed third Z girt secured to said studs above said second Z girt;
- an elongated and horizontally disposed fourth Z girt secured to said studs above said third Z girt;
- an elongated and horizontally disposed fifth Z girt secured to said studs above said fourth Z girt;
- each of said first, second, third, fourth and fifth Z girts including a vertically disposed upper portion, having upper and lower ends, a horizontally disposed wall portion, having inner and outer ends, which extends outwardly from said lower end of said upper portion thereof and a vertically disposed outer wall portion, having upper and lower ends, which extends downwardly from said outer end of said horizontally disposed wall portion;
- a plurality of vertically disposed first insulation sheets having an upper end and a lower end;
- said first insulation sheets being positioned at said exterior side of said weather barrier in an end-to-end manner;
- said upper ends of said first insulation sheets being received in said first Z girt inwardly of said outer wall portion thereof;
- a plurality of second insulation sheets, having upper and lower ends;
- said lower ends of said second insulation sheet members being positioned on said horizontally disposed wall portion of said first Z girt;
- said upper ends of said second insulation sheet members being received by said second Z girt inwardly of said outer wall of said second Z girt;
- a plurality of third insulation sheets, having upper and lower ends;
- said lower ends of said third insulation sheets being positioned on said horizontally disposed wall portion of said second Z girt;
- said upper ends of said third insulation sheets being received by said third Z girt inwardly of said outer wall portion thereof;
- a plurality of fourth insulation sheets, having upper and lower ends;
- said lower ends of said fourth insulation sheets being positioned on said horizontally disposed wall portion of said third Z girt;
- said upper ends of said fourth insulation sheets being received by said fourth Z girt inwardly of said outer wall portion thereof;
- a plurality of fifth insulation sheets, having upper and lower ends;
- said lower ends of said fifth insulation sheets being positioned on said horizontally disposed wall portion of said fourth Z girt;
- said upper ends of said fifth insulation sheets being received by said fifth Z girt inwardly of said outer wall portion thereof;
- a plurality of spacer clips;
- each of said spacer clips including:
- (a) a body member having an upper end, a lower end, a first end, a second end, an inner side and an outer side;
- (b) a spring clip having an upper end, a lower end, an inner side and an outer side;
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- (c) said spring clip extending downwardly from said upper end of said body portion at outer side thereof thereby creating a space therebetween;
- (d) said spring clip having an opening formed therein between said upper and lower ends thereof;
- (e) said body portion having an opening formed therein which is aligned with said opening in said spring clip;
- said spacer clips being comprised of a low thermal conductive material;
- each of said spacer clips being configured to receive said upper portion of a Z girt whereby said body portion thereof is positioned inwardly of the respective Z girt;
- each of said spacer clips having a screw extending inwardly through said opening in said spring clip, through said upper portion of the respective Z girt, through said opening in said body portion thereof, through said sheathing material and into the respective stud;
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- said spacer clips creating a thermal break between Z girts and said sheathing material.
38 more elements
A wall assembly, comprising:
- a horizontally disposed bottom plate;
- a horizontally disposed top plate;
- a plurality of vertically disposed studs secured to said bottom and top plates in a horizontally spaced-apart manner;
- each of said studs having an interior side and an exterior side;
- sheathing material secured to said exterior sides of said studs;
- said sheathing material having an interior side and an exterior side;
- a plurality of vertically disposed and elongated Z girts positioned outwardly of said exterior side of said sheathing and being secured to said studs so as to be horizontally spaced-apart;
- a plurality of spacer clips;
- each of said spacer clips including:
- (a) a body member having an upper end, a lower end, a first end, a second end, an inner side and an outer side;
- (b) a spring clip having an upper end, a lower end, an inner side and an outer side;
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- (c) said spring clip extending downwardly from said upper end of said body portion at outer side thereof thereby creating a space therebetween;
- (d) said spring clip having an opening formed therein between said upper and lower ends thereof;
- (e) said body portion having an opening formed therein which is aligned with said opening in said spring clip;
- said spacer clips being comprised of a low thermal conductive material;
- each of said spacer clips being configured to receive a portion of a Z girt whereby said body portion thereof is positioned inwardly of the respective Z girt;
- each of said spacer clips having a screw extending inwardly through said opening in said spring clip, through said portion of the respective Z girt, through said opening in said body portion thereof, through said sheathing material and into the respective stud;
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- said spacer clips creating a thermal break between said Z girts and said sheathing material.
17 more elements
A wall assembly, comprising:
- a horizontally disposed bottom plate;
- a horizontally disposed top plate;
- a plurality of vertically disposed studs secured to said bottom and top plates in a horizontally spaced-apart manner;
- each of said studs having an interior side and an exterior side;
- sheathing material secured to said exterior sides of said studs;
- said sheathing material having an interior side and an exterior side;
- a weather barrier secured to said exterior side of said sheathing material;
- said weather barrier having an interior side and an exterior side;
- an elongated and generally U-shaped channel member positioned outwardly of said exterior side of said weather barrier and outwardly of said bottom plate;
- said channel member being secured to said bottom plate;
- a plurality of vertically disposed and elongated Z girts positioned outwardly of said exterior side of said sheathing material and being secured to said studs so as to be horizontally spaced-apart and positioned above said bottom plate;
- a plurality of vertically disposed insulation sheets having an upper end, a lower end, a first side and a second side;
- said insulation sheets being positioned at said exterior side of said weather barrier in a horizontally spaced-apart manner;
- the lower end of the lowermost insulation sheets being received in said channel member;
- the first side of the lowermost insulation sheets being received in a Z girt;
- the second side of the lowermost insulation sheets being received in a Z girt;
- a plurality of insulation retainer clips secured to some of said Z girts to maintain said insulation sheets in position before materials are placed over said insulation sheets;
- a plurality of spacer clips;
- each of said spacer clips including:
- (a) a body member having an upper end, a lower end, a first end, a second end, an inner side and an outer side;
- (b) a spring clip having an upper end, a lower end, an inner side and an outer side;
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- (c) said spring clip extending downwardly from said upper end of said body portion at outer side thereof thereby creating a space therebetween;
- (d) said spring clip having an opening formed therein between said upper and lower ends thereof;
- (e) said body portion having an opening formed therein which is aligned with said opening in said spring clip;
- said spacer clips being comprised of a low thermal conductive material;
- each of said spacer clips being configured to receive a portion of a Z girt whereby said body portion thereof is positioned inwardly of the respective Z girt;
- each of said spacer clips having a screw extending inwardly through said opening in said spring clip, through said portion of the respective Z girt, through said opening in said body portion thereof, through said sheathing material and into the respective stud;
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- said spacer clips creating a thermal break between said Z girts and said sheathing material.
27 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.