Patent ID: 7739850

Claim:
A header assembly comprising: a first vertically extending jamb stud; a second vertically extending jamb stud supported in spaced apart relationship with respect to said first vertically extending jamb stud; a first connector attached to said first vertically extending jamb stud, said first connector having a raised first central portion with first return-receiving grooves therein; a second connector attached to said second vertically extending jamb stud and having a raised second central portion with second return-receiving grooves therein; and a rollformed header comprising: a substantially planar header web; a first header flange protruding from said substantially planar header web; a second header flange protruding from said substantially planar header web and being spaced from said first header flange; a first header leg protruding from said first header flange and being substantially parallel to said substantially planar header web; a second header leg protruding from said second header flange and being substantially parallel to said substantially planar header web and substantially coplanar with said first header leg to define support surfaces spanning between said first and second vertically extending jamb studs, said first header web and said first and second header flanges and legs defining a hollow area within said header; a first header return on an end of said first header leg; and a second header return on an end of said second header leg and wherein said header being supported between said first and second jamb studs such that said first raised central portion of said first connector is received in said hollow area within one end of said header such that said first and second header returns are received in said first return-receiving grooves in said first raised central portion and wherein said second raised central portion of said second connector is received in said hollow area adjacent another end of said header such that said first and second returns are received in said second return-receiving grooves in said second raised central portion.