Wallboard attachment
AssigneeNational Gypsum Company
InventorRobert J. Menchetti
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Abstract
Edge protective tape, on a package consisting of two predecorated wallboards, partially adhered to the wallboard back faces, forms pockets in non-adhered areas, into which wallboard mounting clips can be inserted.
Claims20
A wallboard comprising a front face, a back face and two side edges, and tape applied to said back face adjacent at least one of said side edges, said tape having spaced apart adhered areas thereof adhesively attached to said back face and nonadhered areas thereof free from attachment to said back face, whereby said tape is adhered to said back face in a plurality of spaced apart, adhered areas with a plurality of said nonadhered areas between said adhered areas, said nonadhered areas forming pockets between said tape and said back face, said pockets having an opening directed toward said side edge, whereby said pockets are operable to receive mounting clips therein.
The method of bundling wallboards and of constructing walls utilizing said wallboards and wallboard mounting clips, comprising placing two wallboards together in face-to-face relation to form a package, affixing said two wallboards together to form a bundle using an edge protective tape by applying said edge protective tape along two side edges of said two wallboards, and adhering said tape to spaced apart areas of the back faces of said two wallboards, pockets being formed under said tape at the portions of said back faces between said spaced apart areas moving said bundle to a wall construction site, removing the center portion of said tape to expose said two side edges, inserting wallboard mounting clips into said pockets of one of said wallboards, and affixing said clips to a suitable vertical support.
A vertical wall comprising a fixed vertical support and a plurality of wallboards, said wallboards having a front face, a back face and two opposite side edges, an elongate, narrow, tape having spaced apart adhered areas thereof adhesively attached to nonadhered areas forming a plurality of spaced pockets between said tape and said back face, mounting clips inserted into at least some of said pockets, and fastening means affixing said mounting clips to said vertical support.
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