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US 7,478,505 B2Granted
Metal stud arrangement
OwnerRaymond C. Frobosiloinventor
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Abstract
A metal stud arrangement has a top track with a support rail fixed to the track-web and extending between track flanges into the trough of the track. The support rail has an enlarged hanger portion with a maximum width. A metal stud of the arrangement has an opening near the top end of the stud web for receiving the support rail, the opening having an entry passage with a width that is smaller than the maximum width of the hanger portion and the passage being adapted to receive the support rail. The opening includes an enlarged portion that is larger than the maximum width so that with the hanger portion in the enlarged portion of the opening, the stud hangs from the top track.
Claims17
A metal stud arrangement system comprising:
- a metal bottom track having a bottom track web with opposite side edges and a pair of bottom track flanges connected along the respective opposite side edges of the bottom track to form an upwardly facing trough:
- a metal top track having a top track web with opposite side edges and a pair of track top flanges connected along the respective opposite side edges of the top track to form a downwardly facing trough;
- a support rail fixed to the top track web, extending between the top track flanges and into the downwardly facing trough, the support rail having an enlarged hanger portion spaced downwardly from the top track web, the hanger portion having a maximum width in a direction extending between the top track flanges;
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- a non-bearing metal stud having a stud web with a top end, a bottom end, a pair of side edges and a stud flange connected along at least one of the side edges of the stud, the web including a support rail receiving opening near the top end of the stud web, the support rail receiving opening having an upper entry passage with a width that is smaller than the maximum width of the enlarged hanger portion, the upper entry passage being adapted to receive the support rail, the opening including an enlarged portion that is larger than the maximum width of the enlarged hanger portion so that with the hanger portion in the enlarged portion of the support rail receiving opening, the stud hangs from the top track with a top clearance between the top end of the stud and the top track web, and a bottom clearance between the bottom end of the stud and the bottom track web, for allowing vertical displacement of the stud between the top and bottom track webs.
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A metal stud arrangement system comprising:
- a metal bottom track having a bottom track web with opposite side edges and a pair of bottom track flanges connected along the respective opposite side edges of the bottom track to form an upwardly facing trough:
- a metal top track having a top track web with opposite side edges and a pair of top track flanges connected along the respective opposite side edges of the top track to form a downwardly facing trough;
- a support rail fixed to the track web, extending between the top track flanges and into the downwardly facing trough, the support rail having an enlarged hanger portion spaced downwardly from the top track web, the hanger portion having a maximum width in a direction extending between the top track flanges;
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- a non-bearing metal stud having a stud web with a top end, a bottom end, a pair of side edges and a stud flange connected along at least one of the side edges of the stud, the web including a support rail receiving opening near the top end of the stud web, the support rail receiving opening having an upper entry passage with a width that is smaller than the maximum width of the enlarged hanger portion, the upper entry passage being adapted to receive the support rail, the opening including an enlarged portion that is larger than the maximum width of the enlarged hanger portion so that with the enlarged hanger portion in the enlarged portion of the support rail receiving opening, the stud hangs from the top track with a top clearance between the top end of the stud and the top track web, and a bottom clearance between the bottom end of the stud and the bottom track web, for allowing vertical displacement of the stud between the top and bottom track webs;
- the stud including a pair of stud flanges connected along the opposite side edges of the stud web, an outside dimension of the stud between the stud flanges being substantially equal to an inside dimension of the top track between the top track flanges so that the top end of the stud sits movably in the trough when the stub web is substantially perpendicular to the top track flanges.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.