System and method for stabilizing vertically stacked sheet material
AssigneeRocksteady, LLC
InventorErik Schouten
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Abstract
A system and method for stabilizing vertically stacked sheet material is disclosed. The sheet material may be construction wallboard. The system includes a bracket and an elongate flexible link element. The method includes attaching the bracket to the sheet material, attaching the flexible link element to a support structure such as vertical stud framing member, and attaching the flexible link element to the bracket to stabilize the vertically stacked sheet material.
Claims13
A stabilization system for stabilizing a vertically oriented sheet of material, comprising a bracket comprising a front leg, a rear leg separated by a gap from the front leg, and a top section disposed between the front leg and the rear leg;
- a flexible link element traversing through the top section;
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- a fastener configured to securely retain the flexible link element at a fixed position;
- wherein the top section comprises a front surface, a rear surface, and a top surface disposed between the front surface and rear surface;
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- wherein the top section includes a first through-hole between the front surface and the top surface, and a second through-hole between the rear surface and the top surface, the first and second through-holes receiving the flexible link element therethrough.
A method for stabilizing a vertically stacked bundle of sheet of material, comprising:
- providing one or more vertically stacked sheets of material supported against a vertical support surface;
- mounting a bracket over a top edge of an outer sheet of the vertically stacked bundle of sheet of material;
- securing a flexible link element that is attached to the bracket to a component of the vertical support surface;
- passing the flexible link element through a first through-hole disposed between a front surface of the bracket and a top section of the bracket, and a second through-hole disposed between a rear surface of the bracket and the top surface of the bracket;
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- securely fastening the flexible link element against a top surface of the top section when fully received in the top section of to stabilize the vertically stacked sheet of material against the vertical support surface;
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- wherein the bracket comprises:
- a front leg, a rear leg separated by a gap from the front leg, and the top section disposed between the front leg and the rear leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.