Wall frame system
OwnerRobert S. Agar, Norman J. Hachey +1inventors
InventorsRobert S. Agar, Norman J. Hachey, Clive W. R. Careford
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Abstract
A wall frame has C-shaped vertical studs each with a leg having sets of openings therein. Each set of openings comprises a pair of side-by-side openings above a further opening. A wall panel support has a central mounting portion with a pair of side-by-side hooks above a projecting tongue; a wing extends from either side of the central mounting portion. In order to attach the panel support to one of the sets of openings, the hooks of the central mounting portion are received within the side-by-side openings of a set of openings and the tongue is snap fit into the remaining opening. A wall panel having gang nail clips may then be placed against the stud and lowered so that the clips rest on the top edges of the wings of the panel support.
Claims22
Apparatus for use in a wall frame comprising:
- a longitudinally elongated upstanding stud having a plurality of longitudinally spaced sets of mountable means, each said set comprising a transverse upwardly directed lip and a transverse downwardly directed ledge;
- a plurality of wall panel supports, each having a panel supporting wing extending from either side of a central mounting portion, said mounting portion comprising a hook and a spaced tongue, said hook for hooking over said upwardly directed lip of a set of mountable means of said stud and said tongue thereafter receivable under said ledge of said set of mountable means such that, thereafter, said tongue inhibits upward displacement of said support by abutment with said ledge and, therefore, inhibits unhooking of said hook of said wall panel support from said upwardly directed tongue.
A wall frame comprising:
- a vertically elongated stud having a plurality of vertically spaced sets of mountable means, each said set comprising a transverse upwardly directed lip and a transverse downwardly directed ledge;
- a plurality of wall panel supports, each having a panel supporting wing extending from either side of a central mounting portion, said mounting portion comprising a hook and a spaced tongue, said hook hooked over said lip of a set of mountable means of said stud and said tongue received under said ledge of said set of mountable means such that said tongue inhibits upward displacement of said support by abutment with said ledge and, therefore, inhibits unhooking of said hook of said wall panel support from said upwardly directed tongue.
A frame for supporting the panels of a demountable wall, each of the panels having gang nail clips attached thereto, the gang nail clips having a clip angled downwardly and outwardly for mounting the panels to the frame, said frame comprising:
- a vertical stud having a pair of side-by-side openings and a longitudinally spaced opening, and
- a wall panel support mounted to said stud,
- said wall panel support having side-by-side hooks, each of said hooks being received in one of said pair of side-by-side openings, a tongue positioned in said longitudinally spaced opening, and a wall supporting wing to which a clip of said gang nail clips is mounted for supporting the panel to which said gang nail clip is attached.
A frame for supporting panels of a demountable wall, each of the panels having gang nail clips attached thereto, the gang nail clips having a clip angled downwardly and outwardly for mounting the panels to the frame, comprising a vertical stud including parallel legs with side-by-side openings and a longitudinally spaced opening formed therein and a wall panel support mounted to said stud, said wall panel support comprising side-by-side hooks, each of the hooks being received in one of the side-by-side openings formed in the parallel legs of said stud, a tongue positioned in the longitudinally spaced opening formed in the parallel legs of said stud, and a wall panel supporting wing to which the clips of said gang nail clips are mounted for supporting the panels to which said gang nail clips are attached.
A frame for supporting a wall panel having a gang nail clip attached thereto, the gang nail clip having a clip angled downwardly and outwardly for mounting the panel to the frame, comprising:
- a stud having side-by-side and longitudinally spaced openings formed therein, and
- a wall panel support mounted to said stud,
- said wail panel support comprising side-by-side hooks received in said side-by-side openings, a tongue for positioning in said longitudinally spaced opening, and a panel supporting wing to which the clip of said gang nail clip is mounted for supporting the panel to which said gang nail clip is attached.
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