Wall construction member

A wall construction member for use with wall members to provide a readily assembled and disassembled wall comprising:

• a first generally T-shaped runner having a spline and first and second flanges extending outwardly from the plane of said spline from one end of said spline in opposite directions therefrom, said first flange capable of being received by the first one of the wall members, said second flange capable of being received by the second one of the wall members, such that the attached edges of the first and second wall members are adjacent, forming at least a portion of one side of the wall;
• a second generally T-shaped runner having a spline and first and second flanges extending outwardly from the plane of said spline from one end of said spline in opposite directions therefrom, said first flange capable of being received by the third one of the wall members, said second flange capable of being received by the fourth one of the wall members, such that the attached edges of the third and fourth wall members are adjacent, forming at least a portion of the other side of the wall;
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• a clip means for securing said spline of said first runner to said spline of said second runner.

A wall construction member for use with wall members to provide a readily assembled and disassembled wall comprising:

• a first generally T-shaped runner having a spline and first and second flanges extending outwardly from the plane of said spline from one end of said spline in opposite directions therefrom, said first flange capable of being received by the first one of the wall members, said second flange capable of being received by the second one of the wall members, such that the attached edges of the first and second wall members are adjacent, forming at least a portion of one side of the wall;
• a second generally T-shaped runner having a spline and first and second flanges extending outwardly from the plane of said spline from one end of said spline in opposite directions therefrom, said first flange capable of being received by the third one of the wall members, said second flange capable of being received by the fourth one of the wall members, such that the attached edges of the third and fourth wall members are adjacent, forming at least a portion of the other side of the wall;
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• a clip means for securing said spline of said first runner to said spline of said second runner such that said runners are capable of being readily assembled in the vertical assembly direction and also in the horizontal assembly direction, and capable of being readily disassembled in the vertical disassembly direction, and prevented from being readily disassembled in the horizontal disassembly direction.

A wall construction member as in 4 wherein said clip means comprises:

• a plurality of resilient snap members on said spline of said first runner, spaced along the length of said spline, each of said snap members being attached to said spline along a line substantially parallel to the plane of said first and second flanges of said first runner and being displaced from said spline, extending in a direction generally away from said flanges of said first runner such that said snap member has three edges unattached to said spline, two substantially perpendicular to said attachment line and one substantially parallel thereto, with said snap member having a lip element near its one unattached edge which is substantially parallel to said attachment line, said lip element being adapted to receive and secure a tab member;
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• a plurality of tab members on said spline of said second runner and spaced along the length of said spline, each of said tab members corresponding to a different one of said snap members and being attached to said spline along a line substantially parallel to the plane of said flanges of said second runner and being displaced from said spline, extending in a direction generally toward said flanges of said second runner such that said tab member has three edges unattached to said spline, two substantially perpendicular to said attachment line and one substantially parallel thereto, and thereby forms a projection capable of being received by each of said snap members, said projection capable of preventing said first and second runners from being readily disassembled in the horizontal disassembly direction, each of said snap members and corresponding tab members forming an interconnecting clip when said first runner and said second runner are assembled, said first and second runners capable of being readily assembled in the horizontal and vertical assembly directions, and capable of being readily disassembled in the vertical disassembly direction.

A wall construction process wherein the steps comprise:

• affixing a first generally T-shaped runner, having a spline and first and second flanges extending outwardly from the plane of said spline from one end of said spline in opposite directions therefrom, to a first wall member by said first flange of said first runner;
• affixing said first runner to a second wall member by said second flange of said first runner;
• affixing a second generally T-shaped runner, having a spline and first and second flanges extending outwardly from the plane of said spline from one end of said spline in opposite directions therefrom, to a third wall member by said first flange of said second runner;
• affixing said second runner to a fourth wall member by said second flange of said second runner;
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• clipping said spline of said first runner to said spline of said second runner such that said flanges of said first runner directly oppose said flanges of said second runner with said splines situated therebetween.