Patent ID: 9523197
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: E04B,E04C

Claim Text:
1. A prefabricated assembly, comprising: a first construction stud having a back wall and first and second sidewalls extending from respective first and second ends of the back wall generally parallel to each other and perpendicular to the back wall; a second construction stud having a back wall and first and second sidewalls extending from respective first and second ends of the back wall generally parallel to each other and perpendicular to the back wall; a first acoustic dampening member affixed to the first sidewall of the first construction stud, the second sidewall of the second construction stud, the back wall of the first construction stud and the back wall of the second construction stud to form a first joining member for a single, prefabricated unitary stud having the first and second construction studs affixed to each other with an acoustic dampening material connecting the first construction stud and the second construction studs to each other in the prefabricated assembly that has at least one side wall of each stud and the back wall of each stud affixed to the first acoustic dampening member, the first acoustic damping member including a first back member that is affixed to and extends generally parallel to the back wall of each of the first and second construction studs and a first isolation member that is continuous and unitary with the first back member and is positioned between and connected to respective sidewalls of the first and second construction studs; a second acoustic dampening member spaced apart from the first acoustic damping member for a distance that is greater than length of the first acoustic damping member to result in an open space between the first and second studs and between the first and second acoustic dampening members, the open space extending for a length of the studs, the second acoustic dampening member being affixed to the first sidewall of the first construction stud, the second sidewall of the second construction stud, the back wall of the first construction stud and the back wall of the second construction stud, the second acoustic dampening member including a second back member that is affixed to and extends generally parallel to the back wall of each of the first and second construction studs and a second acoustic isolation member that is continuous and unitary with the first back member and extends between and is affixed to respective sidewalls of the first and second construction studs in the prefabricated assembly.