Wall panel fastener

A wallboard fastener comprising a single piece of sheet material having:

• a base portion, said base having a first aperture therethrough;
• a tongue portion extending outwardly from and coplanar with said base portion, said tongue portion having a second aperture therethrough and said tongue having two sides which intersect said base portion;
• a pair of first flanges, each flange extending substantially perpendicularly outwardly from said base portion, one first flange disposed on each side of said tongue;
• a pair of impaling flanges, each impaling flange extending from one first flange in a plane parallel to but spaced from said base portion, said impaling flanges overlying a portion of said base portion,
• at least one rib formed in said base portion, said base rib protruding outwardly from said base portion in the same direction as said first flanges, and
• at least two ribs formed in said tongue portion, said tongue ribs protruding outwardly from said tongue in the same direction as said first flanges, one tongue rib being formed adjacent each side of said tongue so that said tongue aperture is positioned in between said tongue ribs, said tongue ribs terminating short of an edge of said tongue portion most spaced from said base portion.