Metal stud
OwnerFrank DeFrancesco, Joseph Domenic Palumboinventors
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Abstract
An insert is provided for a metal stud, the insert being sized and configured to be snugly but slidably received within the stud. The insert further includes an elongate slot in each side wall, located so as to allow fasteners to secure a sheet of covering material to the stud without interfering with the ability of the insert to move longitudinally with respect to the stud, in the event of overloading, earthquake, etc.
Claims8
For use with a metal stud of the type having a main wall with two opposed parallel edges, two similar parallel side walls extending in the same direction from said edges integral with said main wall, each side wall having, remote from the main wall, an integral flange extending toward the opposed side wall:
- an insert which is configured and sized to be snugly but slidably received within said metal stud at one end thereof, and including parallel lateral walls intended to lie inwardly along said side walls of the metal stud, said lateral walls having recess means located so as to allow fasteners to secure a sheet of covering material to the respective side wall without interfering with the ability of the insert to move longitudinally with respect to the metal stud, each lateral wall further having, along its edge which is adjacent the integral flange of the respective slide wall, a V-section insert flange adapted to enclose the free edge of said integral flange of the respective side wall.
In Combination:
- a) a metal stud of the type having:
- a main wall with two opposed parallel edges, and two similar parallel side walls extending in the same direction from said edges integral with said main wall, each side wall having, remote from the main wall, an integral flange extending toward the opposed side wall, and
- an insert snugly but slidably received within said metal stud at one end thereof, and including parallel lateral walls lying inwardly along said side walls of the metal stud, said lateral walls having recess means located so as to allow fasteners to secure a sheet of covering material to the respective side wall without interfering with the ability of the insert to move longitudinally with respect to the metal stud, each lateral wall further having, along its edge which is adjacent the integral flange of the respective side wall, a V-section insert flange adapted to enclose the free edge of said integral flange of the respective side wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.