Patent ID: 11891812
Assignee: TRUE CORNERS, LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A wallboard fastening device for securing first and second wallboards to a framing member, comprising:
a frame comprising first and second framing panels joined lengthwise to each other, the frame being sized to fit against the framing member;
first and second flat-spring flanges joined lengthwise to each other;
a channel-dividing panel having first and second channel-dividing-panel edges, the first channel-dividing-panel edge being joined lengthwise to one or both of the first and second flat-spring flanges, the second channel-dividing-panel edge being joined lengthwise to the second framing panel to divide the second framing panel into first and second portions;
a guide flange having a guide-flange edge joined lengthwise to the second framing panel;
wherein:
the channel-dividing panel, first flat-spring flange, and first portion of the second framing panel form a first channel sized to receive the first wallboard;
the channel-dividing panel, second flat-spring flange, and second portion of the second framing panel form a second channel sized to receive the second wallboard;
the first flat-spring flange flexes, when the first wallboard is inserted into the first channel, to exert a first restoring force that pushes the first wallboard against the first portion of the second framing panel to secure the first wallboard against the first portion of the second framing panel; and
the second flat-spring flange flexes, when the second wallboard is inserted into the second channel, to exert a second restoring force that pushes the second wallboard against the second portion of the second framing panel to secure the second wallboard against the second portion of the second framing panel.