Pre-spaced time-saving track for mounting studs for construction of drywall and other wall surfaces
OwnerKarl B. Hascallinventor
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Abstract
A track assembly includes a track on which several studs may be quickly fastened at predetermined intervals. The studs include a standard C-shaped member having inwardly-directed lips located on a pair of transverse walls thereon. The track assembly is provided with several tabs which can be bent around the lips of each stud in order to mount the stud to the track and restrict movement of the stud in first and second directions with respect to the track.
Claims22
A wall construction comprising:
- a plurality of elongated studs each having a pair of opposed sidewalls, said sidewalls each having an inwardly-directed lip thereon;
- first and second elongate members, each of said elongate members having a longitudinal axis and formed of resiliently deformable material, said elongate members each comprising an elongate base wall, first and second opposed side walls extending generally perpendicular from said base wall, said base wall and side walls defining a channel;
- said first and second side walls each having at least one tab;
- said at least one tab deformed around one of said lips of said stud when said stud is disposed in a generally perpendicular relationship with respect to one of said first and second elongate members.
A wall construction track for receipt of an end of an elongated stud, the stud having a pair of opposed sidewalls, the sidewalls each having an inwardly directed lip thereon, said lip having a terminal end, said wall construction track comprising:
- an elongate member formed of bendable material having a base wall and first and second side walls extending perpendicularly from said base wall forming a channel;
- said first and second side walls each having at least one tab, said at least one tab being bendable about an axis;
- said at least one tab being of a sufficient length to be bent about said axis around said terminal end of said lip of a stud when said stud is disposed in a generally perpendicular relationship with respect to said elongate member.
A method of wall construction comprising:
- providing a plurality of elongated studs, said studs each having a pair of opposed side walls, each of said side walls having an inwardly-directed lip thereon;
- providing an elongate member having a base and first and second side walls extending perpendicularly from said base, said first and second side walls having at least one tab, said at least one tab bendable about an axis;
- assembling a stud to the elongate member by placing one end of the wall stud into the channel of the elongate member so that the lips of said stud are disposed adjacent a rearward portion of said at least one tab;
- confining the end of the wall stud in said elongate member by bending said at least one tab inwardly about said axis and around said lips of said stud.
A wall construction track for receipt of an end of an elongated stud, the stud having a pair of opposed sidewalls, the sidewalls each having an inwardly-directed lip thereon, said wall construction track comprising:
- an elongate member formed of bendable material having a base wall and first and second side walls extending perpendicularly from said base wall forming a channel;
- said first and second side walls each having at least one tab, said at least one tab being bendable about an axis;
- said at least one tab having a first portion and a second portion, said portions being of a sufficient length to be bent about said axis around said lips of a stud when said stud is disposed in a generally perpendicular relationship with respect to said elongate member, said first portion projecting inwardly from a respective first and second side wall, said second portion bent relative to said first portion.
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