Patent ID: 7752817
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
1. A two-piece header track system for use in a stud wall assembly, the stud wall assembly extending in a vertical direction between a lower horizontal support element and an upper horizontal support element, upper ends of a plurality of studs being received by the two-piece header track system, the two-piece header track system comprising: an elongate inner track comprising a first web and two first flanges, the inner track configured to receive the wall studs therein, the inner track comprising a first width and a second width greater than the first width; an elongate outer track comprising a second web and two second flanges, the outer track configured to receive the inner track in a nested arrangement therewithin so as to generally restrain side-to-side movement of the inner track but permit relative movement of the inner track along the along the length of the outer track, the outer track having an overall width substantially equal to or less than the second width of the inner track; further comprising a removable setting strap wrapped at least partially around the tracks for restraining the tracks from being pulled apart in a generally vertical direction when the tracks are in a nested arrangement.