Patent ID: 8074416

Claim:
A system for interconnecting structural members, the system comprising: a horizontal top plate structural member including a top plate planar web with a plurality of first anti-sliding protrusions formed on a first surface thereof, and a pair of opposing walls extending from the top plate planar web, the walls having inwardly directed protrusions formed along a length of the horizontal top plate structural member; and a vertical stud structural member having a first terminus end portion, the first terminus end portion of the vertical stud structural member being in contact with the first anti-sliding protrusions formed on a substantial portion of the top plate planar web of the horizontal top plate structural member, the vertical stud structural member having a pair of inwardly protruding female recesses formed on a first terminus end portion of the vertical stud structural member, the inwardly directed protrusions of the horizontal top plate structural member disposed within the female recesses of the vertical stud structural member to engage the vertical stud structural member to the horizontal top plate structural member; wherein the first terminus end portion of the vertical stud structural member can be moved over the first anti-sliding protrusions for positional adjustment of the vertical stud structural member along the length of the horizontal top plate structural member; and wherein the first anti-sliding protrusions are disposed over the length of the top planar web in rows that are perpendicular to the opposing walls of the horizontal top plate structural member and formed to so grip the vertical stud structural member as to inhibit a positionally adjusted vertical stud structural member from sliding, slipping, moving and/or migrating over the first planar web of the horizontal structural member.