Building stud for utility services
AssigneeStudco Building Systems US, LLC
InventorsSimon Mark McKechnie, Benjamin Gordon Stevens
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Abstract
A building stud (2) comprising a web (4) and first and second flanges (6, 8) formed with and depending from said web (4); a member (18) formed in said web (4) by a continuous cut (10) made in said web (4) and located in an operable position in which the member (18) is not located in a plane (21) of the web (4); an aperture (24) formed in the web (4) resulting from the member (18) being located in said operable position; wherein at least one conduit or cable (38, 40, 42, 44) is adapted to be secured to said member (18) and extends through said aperture (24).
Claims14
A building stud comprising:
- a web and first and second flanges formed with and depending from said web;
- a member formed in said web by a continuous cut made in said web and located in an operable position in which the member is not located in a plane of the web;
- an aperture formed in the web resulting from the member being located in said operable position;
- wherein at least one conduit or cable is adapted to be secured to said member and extends through said aperture;
- an elongated securing device having opposite first and second terminal ends with a middle extent extending therebetween, at least one of said first and second terminal ends adapted to be secured to said member at a location offset and adjacent the conduit or cable with said middle extent extending from said offset location and wraps around at least a portion of an outer surface of the cable or conduit with no penetration of the conduit or cable outer surface and thereby securing the conduit or cable in a fixed position within said aperture.
A building stud assembly including a plurality of spaced-apart building studs, each building stud comprising:
- a web and first and second flanges formed with and depending from said web;
- a member formed in said web by a continuous cut made in said web and located in an operable position in which the member is not located in a plane of the web;
- an aperture formed in the web resulting from the member being located in said operable position;
- said aperture being at substantially the same height with respect to ground as one or more corresponding apertures in other studs in the plurality of spaced-apart building studs;
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- a securing device anchored to the member;
- wherein at least one conduit or cable is adapted to be secured to said member and extend through said aperture and said one or more corresponding apertures in other studs in the plurality of spaced-apart building studs, and wherein the securing device grasps the conduit or cable to secure the conduit or cable to the member.
An assembly, comprising:
- a web for securing to a stud in a building;
- a tab formed in the web by a continuous cut-out in the web, the tab protruding from the web by an angle of no more than ninety degrees, the tab forming an aperture in the web configured to receive a cable, conduit, or pipe through the aperture;
- a plurality of openings in the tab;
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- a securing device anchored in one or more of the openings, the securing device being configured to hold the cable, conduit, or pipe to support the cable, conduit, or pipe to the tab.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.