Patent ID: 7207148

Claim:
A wall structure, comprising: a downwardly opening upper channel member including an upper web and a pair of spaced apart side flanges depending from the upper web to lower edges, said upper web and side flanges forming a channel space below the upper web and between the side flanges; a plurality of horizontally spaced apart, vertically extending studs, each said stud including an upper end portion; a plurality of inserts, one for each stud, each said insert comprising a pair of end portions, each end portion having a web and a pair of flanges projecting from the web in a direction opposite the flanges of the other end portion, and a top web section interconnecting the webs of the two end portions, and with the end portions and the upper channel member forming a socket that is bounded at the top by the web section, at its sides by the webs of the two end portions, and on its front and back by the flanges of the upper channel member; said insert being positioned within the channel space of the upper channel member, with the flanges of the end portions of the insert contiguous the flanges of the upper channel member and the web section is contiguous with the web of the upper channel member; said upper end portions of said studs being received in the sockets; said studs being free of connection to the inserts and the upper channel member; and said studs being moveable up and down in the sockets relative to both the insert and the upper channel member.