Load supporting blocking member for use in a metal stud wall
AssigneeBailey Metal Products Limited
InventorJohn Rice
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a load supporting blocking member for use in a metal stud wall having a plurality of parallel spaced apart metal studs, each of the studs having an aligned opening and horizontal bridging member passing through the aligned openings and tying the studs together. The load supporting blocking member comprises a base for overlying and being attached to the bridging member and an upstanding flange extending from one edge of the base the depth of the base being sufficient to overly the bridging member and position the upstanding flange in line with the edges of the studs in the metal stud wall.
Claims3
A metal stud wall comprising a plurality of vertically arranged spaced apart metal studs, the metal studs being interconnected at the top and bottom by top and bottom plates respectively, each of the studs being generally C shaped with spaced apart flanges for orientation to the interior and exterior of a space the metal stud wall is dividing, the flanges being connected by a central web therebetween, the central web of each of the studs being provided with an opening having a width less than the width of the web of the stud through which a horizontal bridging member passes to tie the studs together and a load supporting blocking member comprising a base overlying and attached to the bridging member and an upstanding flange extending from one edge of the base in line with the flanges of the studs in the metal stud wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.