Patent ID: 8745959

Claim:
A light steel structural stud comprising: a unitary piece of sheet material formed into a generally C-shaped stud having a pair of distal end portions along a longitudinal axis, the sheet material stud having: a web portion having a web face and sides; a pair of flange portions each extending generally orthogonally from each side of the web portion, each flange portion being in a plane that is generally parallel to the plane of the other flange portion, each of the flange portions having a flange face; a pair of flange lips each extending generally orthogonally from each of the flange portions and being generally parallel to and spaced from the web portion; and wherein each flange lip and each flange portion has a double thickness formed by folding the sheet material at each flange lip so as to have two closely adjacent and parallel wall portions forming each flange portion and each distal end portion being in continuous contact with the web portion and the distal end portions being spaced apart such that at least a central portion of the web portion does not have a double thickness and wherein the stud is substantially symmetrical around the central Portion of the web.