Patent ID: 8375666

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 upper edge thereof mounted adjacent to a head-of-wall construction area; B. a sealing leg being generally planar in shape and integrally formed with respect to said support leg and extending obliquely angularly outwardly therefrom to a position directly vertically above the adjacent end of the gypsum wallboard between the upper outside edge of the gypsum wallboard and the head-of-wall construction thereabove, said sealing leg being formed of intumescent impregnated paper material to facilitate firestopping 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.