Patent ID: 7743578
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
1. A building structure comprising a plurality of horizontal parallel joists and a plurality of vertical parallel metal load bearing studs disposed orthogonal to the joists, the studs comprising a single primary flange bending from and extending in a same single direction from each side of a web forming a C-shaped channel, the improvement comprising said web of said stud with a slot intermediate the web and at least two supplemental flanges extending respectively from at least two sides of said slot into the channel between the primary flanges such that a cross sectional center of gravity for the slotted stud with said at least two supplemental flanges is in the channel a distance away from the web greater than that of a C-shaped stud without said at least two supplemental flanges and a slotted web, the at least two supplemental flanges comprising a portion of the web separated and bent away from the web on said at least two sides of said slot resulting in an opening in the web which opening forms the whole or substantially the whole of said slot wherein all or substantially all supplemental flanges that extend from a slot side extend into the channel and wherein the at least two supplemental flanges comprise a first and a second supplemental flange extending from respective first and second vertical sides of said slot into the channel.