Patent ID: 8615959

Claim:
A track for supporting an end portion of an elongated wall stud comprising: (a) a longitudinally extending base; (b) first and second opposed sidewalls extending generally perpendicular to said base in spaced-apart parallel planes, wherein said base and said sidewalls together define a trough for receiving and retaining said end portion of said stud; and (c) a plurality of tabs extending within the interior of said trough at spaced-apart longitudinal intervals, wherein pairs of said tabs are aligned, and wherein said tabs define a plurality of slots each defined between one of said tabs and one of said sidewalls for slidably receiving a wall panel of said stud, each of said tabs extending in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of said one of said sidewalls, each of said tabs comprising a fixed end located at said base and a free end located distal from said base and displaced from said one of said sidewalls to define a slot opening.