Metal wall framework and clip
AssigneeCalifornia Expanded Metal Products Company
InventorRaymond Edward Poliquin
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Abstract
A wall framework includes top and bottom tracks, a horizontal channel and vertical studs. A first vertical stud is secured to the top track and the bottom track and has a first opening sized and shaped to permit the horizontal channel to extend therethrough and a second opening vertically spaced from the first opening. A second vertical stud is secured to the top track and the bottom track and has a third opening sized and shaped to permit the channel to extend therethrough and a fourth opening vertically spaced from the fourth opening. At least one clip extends through the first opening and the second opening. A fastener connects the horizontal channel to the clip. The clip cooperates with the fastener to secure the horizontal channel in a fixed relationship to the first vertical stud.
Claims11
A wall framework, comprising:
- a top track;
- a bottom track;
- a horizontal channel;
- a first vertical stud secured to the top track and the bottom track and having a first opening sized and shaped to permit the horizontal channel to extend therethrough and a second opening vertically spaced from the first opening;
- a second vertical stud secured to the top track and the bottom track and having a third opening sized and shaped to permit the channel to extend therethrough and a fourth opening vertically spaced from the fourth opening;
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- at least one clip extending through the first opening and the second opening;
- a fastener connecting the horizontal channel to the clip, the clip cooperating with the fastener to secure the horizontal channel in a fixed relationship to the first vertical stud.
A method of making a reinforced wall framework, comprising:
- providing a stud defining a first opening and a second opening separated by a connecting span;
- inserting a clip through the first opening and the second opening so that the clip simultaneously extends through the first opening and the second opening;
- inserting a reinforcing beam through the first opening;
- fastening the reinforcing beam to the clip, whereby the stud, the clip, the fastener and the reinforcing beam cooperate to maintain the stud and the reinforcing beam in a fixed relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.