Patent ID: 7222394

Claim:
A bushing for insertion into a wall opening of a metal stud or the like having opposed wall surfaces and a range of different wall thicknesses comprising: a body having first and second open ends and a continuous wall forming a bushing opening between said ends, a flange extending from said wall at said first end of said body, flexible holding tabs in said wall on each side of said bushing opening, said holding tabs having fixed ends adjacent said second end of said body, free ends extending toward said first end of said body, and shoulders between said fixed and free ends, said shoulders being spaced from said flange a distance sufficient to accommodate stud walls of different thicknesses, and flexible spring tabs at said first end of said body on each side of said bushing opening, said spring tabs angling away from said flange towards said second end of said body and said shoulders of said holding tabs so as to engage and apply a spring force against one wall surface of a stud while its opposed wall surface is engaged by said holding tab shoulders, whereby said bushing will be held firmly in place in stud walls of different thicknesses by the coaction of said holding tabs and said spring tabs.