METAL STUD

• US 20200131767A1
• Filed: 09/24/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: US Chemical Storage, LLC (Justrite Manufacturing Company LLC)
• Original Assignee: US Chemical Storage, LLC (Justrite Manufacturing Company LLC)
• Inventors: Webb, Jered M., Cornia, Anthony D.
• Granted Patent: US 11,454,025 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/08 the elements consisting of metal
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/24 the supporting parts consisting of metal
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/60 characterised by special cross-section of the elongated members
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/789 of substantially U- or C- section
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/2466 Details of the elongated load-supporting parts
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2003/0473 U- or C-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 3/06 with substantially solid, i.e. unapertured, web E04C3/10, E04C3/11 take precedence honeycomb girders E04C3/083

Abstract

A steel wall stud has a rear wall, two parallel side walls, each side wall having a front end wall that projects away from interior cavity formed by the rear and side walls.

Claims

1. A wall stud comprising:

a rear wall;

two parallel side walls which project in a forward direction and are connected to the rear wall at about a 90-degree angle;

a cavity defined between the two side walls and the attached rear wall; and

,

a front end of each side wall being connected to a respective front wall member, each front wall member being substantially parallel to the rear wall and which project away from the interior cavity.

2. The wall stud according to claim 1 wherein each side wall has a length of about 4 inches, the rear wall has a length of about 3.63 inches, and each front wall has a length of about 2.07 inches.

3. The wall stud according to claim 2 wherein the material comprising the wall stud is galvanized steel and has a thickness of about 0.0713 inches (14 gauge) and a cross sectional area of about 1.09 in².

4. A wall assembly comprising a horizonal top wall, a horizontal bottom wall, a pair of parallel side walls connected to respective free ends of the top and bottom walls, an interior portion of the panel having a plurality of wall studs according to claim 1.