Patent ID: 8281544

Claim:
A method for adjustably assembling a framing system comprising the steps of: connecting a first clip to at least one terminal end of a first member, said first clip having a contact plate with two flanges and two elevation sides, said first member having two flanges connected by a web that form a substantially M-shaped cross-section, said first clip connected to said terminal end of said first member by slideably engaging said terminal end of said first member into said first clip such that said elevation sides of said first clip engage said web of said first member, and said flanges of said first clip engage said flanges of said first member; connecting a second clip that is identical to said first clip to at least one terminal end of a second member that is identical to said first member by the same method that said first clip is connected to said first member; connecting a third clip that is identical to said first clip to a first terminal end of a third member that is identical to said first member by the same method that said first clip is connected to said first member; connecting a fourth clip that is identical to said first clip to a second terminal end of said third member; securing said third clip to said first member; securing said fourth clip to said second member; wherein said third member is adjustably connected to said first member and said second member.