Patent ID: 7082734

Claim:
An assembly for forming framing, the assembly comprising: a plurality of lateral members, each lateral member including a threaded end and an unthreaded end; a plurality of connection members, each connection member comprising an interior member and an exterior member, each of said interior members including a threaded aperture for threadably receiving the threaded end of one of said lateral members and an unthreaded aperture for slidably receiving the unthreaded end of another of said lateral members, said exterior member including a first aperture sized to receive the threaded end of said one of said lateral members and a second aperture sized to receive the unthreaded end of said another of said lateral members; wherein upon assembly, said first aperture of said exterior member is substantially aligned with said threaded aperture of said interior member, and wherein said second aperture of said exterior member is substantially aligned with said unthreaded aperture of said interior member, and wherein a distal surface of said threaded end of each of said lateral members abuts a circumferential surface of said unthreaded end of another of said lateral members, and wherein said lateral members are tightened against one another within said connection members to form the framing.