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US 8,615,957 B1Granted
Light-weight metal stud and method of manufacture
AssigneeSacks Industrial Corporation
InventorsAbraham Sacks, William Spilchen, Jeffrey Sacks
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Abstract
A light-weight metal stud and method to produce a light-weight metal stud may include forming a pair of channel members each having a respective major face having a respective first edge. Each member includes first and second flanges extending along the respective major face. A wire matrix includes a pair of wires each having apexes alternatively physically attached to the pair of channel members. The wire matrix forms longitudinal passages to support utility lines and position the lines away from the pair of channel members. The apexes are secured to flanges of the pair of channel members to strengthen the stud and reduce weight.
Claims17
A stud, comprising:
- a first elongated channel member, the first elongated channel member having a respective major face having a respective first edge along a major length thereof and a respective second edge along the major length thereof, a respective first flange extending along the first edge at a non-zero angle to the respective major face of the first elongated channel member, and a respective second flange extending along the second edge at a non-zero angle to the respective major face of the first elongated channel member;
- a second elongated channel member, the second elongated channel member having a respective major face having a respective first edge along a major length thereof and a respective second edge along the major length thereof, a respective first flange extending along the first edge at a non-zero angle to the respective major face of the second elongated channel member, and a respective second flange extending along the second edge at a non-zero angle to the respective major face of the second elongated channel member;
- a first continuous wire member having a plurality of bends to form alternating apexes along a respective length thereof, the apexes of the first continuous wire member alternatingly physically attached to the first and the second elongated channel members along at least a portion of the first and the second elongated channel members;
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- a second continuous wire member having a plurality of bends to form alternating apexes along a respective length thereof, the apexes of the second continuous wire member alternatingly physically attached to the first and the second elongated channel members along at least a portion of the first and the second elongated channel members, the first and the second elongated channel members held in spaced apart parallel relation to one another by both of the first and the second wire members, with a longitudinal passage formed therebetween;
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- wherein the first and the second wire members are physically attached to one another at each point at which the first and the second wire members cross one another.
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A stud, comprising:
- a first elongated channel member, the first elongated channel member made of a metal and having a respective major face having a respective first edge along a major length thereof and a respective second edge along the major length thereof, a respective first flange extending along the first edge at a non-zero angle to the respective major lace of the first elongated channel member, and a respective second flange extending along the second edge at a non-right angle to the respective major face of the first elongated channel member;
- a second elongated channel member, the second elongated channel member made of a metal and having a respective major face having a respective first edge along a major length thereof and a respective second edge along the major length thereof, a respective first flange extending along the first edge at a non-zero angle to the respective major face of the second elongated channel member, and a respective second flange extending along the second edge at a non-right angle to the respective major face of the second elongated channel member;
- a first metal coupler member having a plurality of bends to form alternating apexes along a respective length thereof, the apexes of the first metal coupler physically attached alternatingly to the first and the second elongated channel members along at least a portion of the first and the second elongated channel members;
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- a second metal coupler having a plurality of bends to form alternating apexes along a respective length thereof, the apexes of the second metal coupler physically attached alternatingly to the first and the second elongated channel members along at least a portion of the first and the second elongated channel members, the first and the second elongated channel members held in spaced apart parallel relation to one another by the first and the second metal couplers with a longitudinal passage formed therebetween;
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- wherein the first and the second metal couplers are physically attached to one another at each point at which the first and the second metal couplers cross one another.
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A method of making a metal stud, the method comprising:
- providing a first elongated channel member having a respective major face having a respective first edge along a major length thereof and a respective second edge along the major length thereof, a respective first flange extending along the first edge at a non-zero angle to the respective major face of the first elongated channel member, and a respective second flange extending along the second edge at a non-zero angle to the respective major face of the first elongated channel member;
- providing a second elongated channel member having a respective major face having a respective first edge along a major length thereof and a respective second edge along the major length thereof, a respective first flange extending along the first edge at a non-zero angle to the respective major face of the second elongated channel member, and a respective second flange extending along the second edge at a non-zero angle to the respective major face of the second elongated channel member;
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- coupling the first and the second elongated channel member together with a first and a second continuous wire member each having a plurality of bends to form alternating apexes along a respective length thereof, the apexes of the first continuous wire member alternatingly physically attached to the first and the second elongated channel members along at least a portion of the first and the second elongated channel members, and the apexes of the second continuous wire member alternatingly physically attached to the first and the second elongated channel members along at least a portion of the first and the second elongated channel members;
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- physically attaching the first and the second continuous wire members to one another at intersection points thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.