Patent ID: 8943778
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A backing member for horizontal or vertical installation in-between successive U-shaped metal studs forming part of a wall structure, the backing member comprising a generally planar first bridging limb having at a free first end thereof a first groove for registration with at least a flange of the metal stud, the first groove extending across a face of the first limb substantially parallel to and adjacent an edge of the free end of the first limb, and a second limb in the form of a bracing block extending orthogonally from the first limb at a second end thereof opposite the first end and secured to the second end, the second limb being dimensioned to engage a web of the stud internally or externally thereof, the first and second limbs in use extending in-between successive metal studs and being securable thereto by fasteners, wherein a second groove extending across said face of the first limb orthogonally with respect to the first groove and in parallel with another edge of the first limb extending between the first and second ends thereof, said second groove further extending across a second face of the second limb being in a coplanar relationship to said face of the first limb.