Wall panel mounting system
AssigneeKaiser Cement & Gypsum Corporation
InventorJack D. Hodges
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Abstract
A system for forming a building partition wherein wall panels are secured to opposite sides of vertically extending studs. A metal base member capable of rapid attachment to the edge of a wall panel which base member defines a clip supporting slot. A clip slidably engageable in the slot at divers horizontal positions therealong so that the panels can be attached to studs notwithstanding minor differences in widths of the panels. The clip and the stud cooperate so that the panels can be removed without destruction of the panel, if such becomes necessary during relocation of a partition.
Claims11
In combination with a wall panel of a given thickness, improved mounting apparatus therefor, comprising:
- a vertically extending stud having fastening means thereon for engagement by a fastener;
- a generally U-shaped base member defined by a planar web having a width less than the panel thickness and first and second plate portions integral with said web and extending from opposite edges of one side thereof, the side of said web opposite said one side being substantially devoid of projections, said first plate portion penetrating the edge surface of the panel to secure the base member to the panel and against movement relative thereto, with the second plate portion lying on the rear surface of the wall panel, said second plate portion defining a horizontally elongate slot bounded on two opposed sides by planar margins of said second plate portion;
- and a fastener having two oppositely extending co-planar tabs engaging respective said planar margins in face-to-face contacting relation intermediate said second plate portion and the rear surface of the wall panel, said co-planar tabs being slidable beneath said margins in a direction parallel thereto to afford horizontal movement of said fastener to divers positions along said slot whereby said fastener may move to accommodate horizontal movement of a panel relative to the vertically extending stud, said fastener having attachment effecting means intermediate said tabs and projecting through the slot of the base member and engaged with the fastening means of the stud.
A partition comprising a plurality of vertically extending studs, each said stud being disposed on a center line spaced from adjacent studs by a preselected distance, a plurality of panels having a nominal width corresponding to the distance and a given thickness, a plurality of generally U-shaped sheet steel base members, each said base member being defined by a central web and first and second plate portions extending from one side of the web in spaced, generally parallel, relationship to one another, the side of the web opposite said one side being substantially devoid of projections, said web having a width less than the given thickness, the first plate portion of each of said base members penetrating the edge of a panel whereby said base members are secured to said panels and against movement relative thereto with the second plate portions thereof lying along the rear surfaces of the panels and defining horizontally elongate slots bounded by margins of said plate portions, a clip associated with each said base member, each said clip having oppositely extending tabs engaged beneath the margins of the second plate portion of the base member associated therewith and connecting means intermediate said tabs and projecting through the slot of said second plate portion for effecting connection to one of said studs, each said clip being horizontally slidable in the slot associated therewith during positioning of the panels on the studs so as to effect alignment of said connecting means with said stud, whereby said connecting means can be engaged notwithstanding minor variations in widths of said panels.
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