Non load-bearing interior demising wall or partition
OwnerRobert William Browninventor
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Abstract
A non load-bearing interior demising wall construction comprising a plurality of CAF panels each sized to span the full wall height and placed in aligned edge to edge abutted position and a plurality of stiffening means also sized to span the full wall height. CAF panels and stiffening means slidably disposed within a top and bottom track and sized to provide a friction fit therein. A plurality of wall facing sheets sized to span the full wall height placed in edge to edge abutted position to as to provide a seamless wall face with said wall facing sheets residing outside said top and bottom tracks and attached to said stiffening means. Preferably, top and bottom track and stiffening means are comprised of readily available standard drywall materials.
Claims15
An improved wall or partition construction, comprising:
- a bottom track member having a U-shaped cross section with front and back legs defining an interior channel area, said bottom track member centered along the bottom of a wall line with said interior channel area opening upward;
- a top track member having a U-shaped cross section with front and back legs defining an interior channel, said top track member centered along the top of a wall line with said interior channel area opening downward, said top track member positioned in generally aligned and opposed proximity to said bottom track member and defining a vertical distance therebetween;
- a plurality of CAF panels, each having a generally rectangular shape with a front and rear face and a top, bottom, left and right edge, said panels positioned between said top and bottom track members such that each top and bottom edge are slidably disposed within respective channel area, said panels positioned in relative edge to edge abutted relation;
- stiffening means spanning vertical distance between said top and bottom tracks and slidably disposed within said interior channel areas;
- a plurality of front wall facing sheets, each facing sheet having a generally rectangular shape with a top, bottom, left and right edge, said facing sheets positioned in relative edge to edge abutted relation, sized to span said vertical distance between said top and bottom track members and positioned such that said top and bottom edge of each facing sheet resides outside respective channel areas;
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- penetrating connector means, said penetrating connector means positioned through each said front wall facing sheet and further penetrating into said stiffening means so as to make a rigid attachment therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.