Modular wall framing

In a wall construction of the type having horizontal sole plates resting on a foundation or other supporting structure and a series of vertical studs extending from said sole plates, the improvement which comprises:

• said wall construction being divided into individual modular sections, each individual modular section including
• a sole plate, said sole plate capable of being fastened to said foundation or other supporting structure, said sole plate having a first and and a second end;
• a top plate, said top plate having a first end and a second end;
• a first vertical end stud, said first vertical end stud having a top end and a bottom end;
• a second vertical end stud, said second vertical end stud having a first end and a second end;
• said bottom end of said first vertical end stud attaching to said first end of said sole plate such that said first vertical end stud rests on and is perpendicular to said sole plate;
• said bottom end of said second vertical end stud attaching to said second end of said sole plate such that said second vertical end stud rests on and is perpendicular to said sole plate and parallel to said first end stud;
• said first end of said top plate resting on and attaching to said top end of said first end stud, and said end of said top plate resting on and attaching to said top end of said second stud, said sole plate, said top plate, said first end stud and said second end stud all lying in the same plane and mutually forming a quadrilaterial;
• an intermediate vertical member,
• said intermediate vertical member extending between said top plate and said sole plate and lying in the same plane as and parallel to said first and said second end studs,
• a first plurality of horizontal cross braces, each of said first plurality of cross braces extending substantially perpendicular to said first end stud and attached to said first end stud and said intermediate vertical member,
• a second plurality of horizontal cross braces, each of said second plurality of cross braces extending substantially perpendicular to said second end stud and attached to said second end stud and said intermediate vertical member,
• said intermediate vertical member comprising at least one interior vertical stud,
• individual modular sections being joined together to form said wall construction and including at least one corner in said wall construction comprising two of said modular sections joined together such that one of said first or second vertical end studs of one of said modular sections forming said corner has one side abutted against the outer surface of one of said first or said second vertical end studs of the other of said modular sections forming said corner, and a portion of each of said plurality of horizontal cross braces which are attached to said abutting vertical end stud of said one of said modular sections forming said corner directly overlays the vertical end stud of said other modular section and (are coplaner with) is in an essentially horizontal alignment with one of the horizontal cross braces of the other modular section forming said corner such that said corner contains only two vertical end studs one from said one of said pair of modular sections and the other from said other of said modular sections forming said corner;
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• attaching means for attaching said first end stud, said second end stud and said intermediate vertical member to said sole plate and said top plate, for attaching said cross braces to said first end stud, said second end stud and said intermediate vertical member, and said abutting studs at said corners to each other.