Wall frame structure

A wall frame structure including:

• a generally horizontally extending metal plate of generally "U-shaped" transverse cross-section so as to have longitudinally extending substantially parallel transversely spaced side walls, said side walls being joined by a longitudinally extending base, each side wall being deformed to have a plurality of deformations which project inwardly toward the other side wall, and which deformations are arranged in pairs, with each pair including a deformation from each side wall;
• a substantially vertically extending metal stud of substantially "C-shaped" transverse cross-section so as to have longitudinally extending transversely spaced parallel side walls joined by a longitudinally extending base, said stud having adjacent one end an aperture in each stud side wall and engaged with said plate by being positioned between the plate side walls and by having the plate side walls abutting the stud side walls so as to be substantially superposed with respect thereto, each stud side wall having an aperture aligned with a respective deformation of a pair of deformations of said plate so that the associated pair of deformations extends through the apertures;
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• clip means engaging the deformations associated with said stud and abutting the stud side walls to thereby inhibit separation of each stud side wall with its associated superposed plate side wall, under loading.