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US 8,938,926 B2Granted
Wall liner
AssigneeWorthington Armstrong Venture
InventorsBrett W. Sareyka, William J. Platt
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Abstract
Prior art rolled T-beams used in horizontal grids in suspended ceilings, serve as vertical studs in a grid that supports wallboard in a liner for a structural wall. A horizontal strut extends along, and is connected to, the studs, to unite the studs and the strut to form the vertical grid. The grid is braced from the structural wall.
Claims5
In a drywall liner for a vertical wall, a grid having
- a) T-beams, each having a web and flanges extending from the web, formed of sheet metal, extending vertically as studs in the grid, with the flanges facing away from the wall, and
- b) struts extending horizontally in the grid through openings in the webs of the T-beams, each of such openings having
- a first portion capable of permitting one of such struts to be maneuvered through such first portion in an opening in each of a number of the T-beams, and
- a second portion capable of receiving said one of such struts in a force fit to secure said one of such struts to a T-beam, so that a number of the T-beams are united by means of said one of such struts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.