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US 2002/0157329 A1Published application
Resilient construction member and retrofit system using same
OwnerClarke Berdan IIinventor
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A construction beam includes a pair of lateral members and a resilient web extending therebetween, so as to present a cross-sectional profile corresponding to commonly used construction beam members (e.g., 2″×4″ or 2″×6″). The resilience of the web helps to attenuate sound transmission through the beam from one lateral member to the other. In particular, in a wall frame, the lateral members are mounted at opposite ends thereof to end plates consisting of other construction beams according to the present invention (i.e., a pair of lateral members with a resilient web extending therebetween). The resilient web according to the present invention is conveniently made from a unitary piece of material. When the wall frame is used in a building structure, the lateral members of the end plates on the same side are attached to the surrounding structure, leaving the other side of the frame resiliently free floating. A wall is mounted on the free floating side of the wall frame so as to provide a resiliently free floating wall that acts as a sound attenuating “diaphragmatic” absorber. The web is preferably (but not necessarily) provided with spacers formed thereon, so that the lateral members can be easily oriented relative to the web and to each other, so as to be self-jigging. The spacers may conveniently be formed by cutting and bending tabs in the material of the web in desired locations.
A beam member comprising:
A wall frame in a building construction comprising:
In a building structure, a frame for mounting a wall comprising:
A beam member comprising:
A frame member for hanging a ceiling in a building structure, comprising:
A retrofittable member for converting a standard beam into a sound-attenuating resilient beam, comprising:
The member according to claim 41, wherein said resilient web includes at least one spacer arranged thereon for orienting said lateral member with said resilient web attached thereto relative to the standard beam.
A resilient web for connecting a pair of lateral members, wherein said resilient web is a unitary piece comprising crossing first and second main portions, said first and second main portions each including first and second end portions provided at opposite ends thereof, wherein said first end portions are attached to a first of said pair of lateral members and said second end portions are attached to a second of said pair of lateral members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.