Patent ID: 8584415

Claim:
A firestopping sealing means for use with gypsum wallboard in a head-of-wall construction comprising: A. a support leg being generally planar in shape and being positioned in abutting engagement with respect to a gypsum wallboard adjacent to and along an edge thereof mounted at a head-of-wall construction area; B. a sealing leg formed of intumescent impregnated thermoplastic material and including an arcuate loop of a singular linear panel which is shaped as a closed loop to facilitate firestopping thereadjacent, said sealing leg being integrally formed with respect to said support leg, said sealing leg being positioned in abutment with respect to the outside edge of the gypsum wallboard thereadjacent to facilitate firestopping, said sealing leg extending outwardly from said support leg to a position between the adjacent outside edge of the gypsum wallboard and the head-of-wall construction thereadjacent; and C. a securement means for selectively maintaining abutting engagement between said support leg and the gypsum wallboard adjacent to and along an edge thereof.