Patent ID: 8733061

Claim:
A truss mounting apparatus for a studless wall system, comprising; a bracket having a base plate having a width, a length and rear, left and right edges, a left mounting tab being a plate having a top edge fixed to the left edge of the base plate and extending downwards from the base plate, a right mounting tab being a plate having a top edge fixed to the right edge of the base plate and extending downwards from the base plate, and a vertical receiving plate having a bottom edge fixed to the rear edge of the base plate and extending upwards from the base plate, a track being an elongate plate having a top and a bottom, the top having at least two longitudinally disposed grooves, each respectively receiving the right and left mounting tabs of the bracket, and forming downward facing ribs along the bottom of the track, at least two in-plane load bearing panels having a top edge, the top edge of each panel having a longitudinally disposed panel groove, each panel top edge groove respectively receiving a rib of the track; and, a structural component attached to the vertical receiving plate of the bracket.