Patent ID: 8176710

Claim:
A frame extender for studs and other structural framing members, the frame extender comprising: an L-shaped body having, a short leg providing a mounting surface to which a wall surfacing material can be attached, a long leg having a mating surface for fastening to a structural framing member, said long leg joining to said short leg along one side thereof and said long leg terminating in a serrated edge, so as to provide a toothed profile, and an indexing mark forming a substantially continuous ledge surface on said long leg that is parallel to said short leg and spaced apart therefrom positioned so as to form, in combination with said mating surface, a cradle for engaging the structural framing member to assure that said short leg extends parallel thereto and is spaced apart therefrom, said ledge surface traversing said toothed profile of said long leg and positioned so as to define, a distal region of said long leg extending beyond said ledge surface opposite said short leg to provide said mating surface for fastening to the structural framing member and, a proximal region of said long leg joining to said short leg, whereby said toothed profile forms a series of mounting tabs of said long leg and said index mark is segmented, having a segment on each of said mounting tabs, and said index mark being so positioned as to provide said ledge surface on said long leg positioned so as to project onto said short leg when said short leg is defined to extend fully across said L-shaped body, with said long leg attached thereto.