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US 2011/0210216 A1Published application
System and method for stabilizing vertically stacked sheet material
AssigneeRocksteady, LLC
InventorErik SCHOUTEN
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Abstract
A system and method for stabilizing vertically stacked sheet material is disclosed. The sheet material may be construction wallboard. The system includes a bracket and an elongate flexible link element. The method includes attaching the bracket to the sheet material, attaching the flexible link element to a support structure such as vertical stud framing member, and attaching the flexible link element to the bracket to stabilize the vertically stacked sheet material.
Claims11
A stabilization system for stabilizing a vertically oriented sheet of material, comprising
- a bracket comprising a front wall, a rear wall, and a top wall disposed between the front wall and the rear wall, the front, rear and top walls defining a gap configured to receive an edge of the sheet of material;
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- an elongated flexible link element attached to the bracket and configured to be attached to a vertical wall support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.