Wall fastener
OwnerBrian Becker, Derek Becker +1inventors
InventorsBrian Becker, Derek Becker, Robin Dockery
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Abstract
A wall fastener that attaches a wallboard member to a mounting track in a manner that allows for relative movement between an overhead roof structure to which the mounting track is secured and a non-load bearing wall. The wall fastener holds the wallboard in a fixed position relative to the wall and the overhead structure to maintain a fire barrier.
Claims16
A wall fastener for securing a stud wall to a slip track, the wall fastener comprising:
- a first portion having first and second opposed primary surfaces, the first portion secured to an outside surface of a side wall of the slip track with the first primary surface facing the outside surface and the second primary surface facing a primary wallboard member;
- a second portion, spaced apart from the first portion a predetermined distance, having third and fourth primary surfaces that extend parallel to the first portion, the third primary surface of the second portion secured to the secondary wallboard member and the fourth primary surface facing the plane of the first portion;
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- a third portion extending from the top edge of the first portion to the top edge of the second portion to secure the first and second portions together.
A method of forming a wall fastener from a single piece of material, the wall fastener configured to retain a stud wall to a slip track and to support a secondary wallboard member in engagement with a primary wallboard member of the stud wall, the method comprising the steps of:
- forming a first portion having first and second opposed primary surfaces, the first portion being secured to a side wall of the slip track with the first primary surface facing the outside surface of the side wall and the second primary surface facing a primary wallboard member;
- forming a second portion spaced apart from the first portion a predetermined distance and having third and fourth opposed primary surfaces that extend parallel to the first primary surface;
- securing the secondary wallboard member to the third primary surface of the second portion;
- positioning the secondary wallboard member adjacent to the primary wallboard member;
- forming a third portion that extends from the top edge of the first portion to the top edge of the second portion to secure the first and second portions together.
A wall fastener for use between a stud wall and a slip track, configured to support primary and secondary wallboard members relative to each other to provide a continuous wallboard member between the stud wall and the slip track, the slip track having side walls with an outside surface, the fastener comprising:
- a first portion having first and second opposed primary surfaces, the first portion being secured to a side wall of the slip track with the first primary surface facing the outside surface of the side wall of the slip track and the second primary surface facing the primary wallboard member;
- a second portion having a third primary surface that extends parallel to the first portion and is offset from the second primary surface a predetermined distance, the second portion being secured to the second wall cladding material member with the third primary surface facing the second wall cladding material member thereby supporting the second wall cladding material member in engagement with the first wall cladding material member;
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- a third portion extending from the top edge of the first portion to the top edge of the second portion to secure the first and second portions together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.