Patent ID: 7278244
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: E04C

Abstract:
1. A concrete stud wall system comprising: a plurality of laterally spaced vertically extending stud members having outwardly facing outer flanges; a horizontally extending upper track member having an outer flange connected to upper ends of said outer flanges of said stud members; a horizontally extending lower track member having an outer flange connected to lower ends of the outer flanges of said stud members; a longitudinally spaced series of rectangular holes spaced by connecting sections formed in said outer flanges of said stud members and said track members, said holes having a longitudinal length and a transverse width; a plurality of stud clip strip members carried by said outer flanges of said stud members and said track members, said strip members having a longitudinal series of projecting bracket sections interconnected by base wall sections, said bracket sections having an inverted truncated U-shape including outwardly converging side walls connected by transverse outer folds at outer ends to a rectangular front wall and inner ends directly connected by transverse inner folds to said base wall sections wherein the width of said strip member is less than said transverse with of said holes, the longitudinal spacing between said inner folds at said inner ends in unassembled form being greater than said longitudinal length of said holes whereby side walls deflect upon insertion into said holes and in assembly compressively engage said outer flanges at longitudinal end surfaces of said holes, said base walls overlying, engaging and reinforcing said connecting sections of said outer flanges in assembly; a reinforcing mesh of spaced vertical and horizontal reinforcing members intersecting a nodal locations wherein said bracket sections are arrayed whereby said front walls engage said nodal location; means for connecting said reinforcing members to said bracket sections; and a cast concrete panel encapsulating said bracket sections and said mesh for structural attachment at said outer flanges.