System wall or system ceiling

A system for attaching deformable slabs to structural girders to form system walls or system ceilings, said system comprising:

• (a) a plurality of separate deformable slabs, each slab having a pair of channels extending into a side confronting one of said structural girders, each of said channels including a pair of spaced side walls and a bottom wall therebetween, said channels being parallel to one another and spaced apart by a predetermined distance;
• (b) a plurality of spaced clamping members, each of said members having a first means which engages said structural girders, and a second means which engages said deformable slabs;
• (1) said first means having a pair of adjacently disposed and deformable clamping feet which are integrally joined to one another by a substantially planar base portion extending therebetween, said deformable clamping feet being folded over said structural girder on either side thereof to secure said clamping member to said girder;
• (2) said second means defining a pair of angled members extending outwardly from said substantially planar base portion and inclined with respect to said channel side walls to engage said pair of channels defined in said deformable slab, said pair of angled members being spaced apart from one another to span said predetermined distance between the channels defined in said deformable slab, each of said angled members having a second opposingly inclined portion that angles away from the bottom wall of said channels and into the opposing side wall of said channels;
• (c) whereby slight pressure against each deformable slab in the direction of the confronting structural girder is sufficient to initiate penetration of said second angled portion into the side walls of each channel of said deformable slab to thereby secure said slab to said clamping member.