Patent ID: 8720142

Claim:
A lath, comprising: a plurality of furring strand elongate members, the furring strand elongate members at least approximately parallel to and spaced apart from one another, each of the furring strand elongate members have at least one furring bend; a plurality of transverse elongate members, each of the transverse elongate members affixed to at least one of the furring strand elongate members at a location along the at least one furring strand elongate member that does not overlap with any of the furring bends of the respective at least one furring strand elongate member, the transverse elongate members at least approximately parallel to and spaced apart from one another, and the transverse elongate members at least approximately perpendicular to the furring strand elongate members; and a stabilization elongate member that has a serpentine path and that at least a portion of which extends between a first outermost transverse elongate member and a second outermost transverse elongate member and between a first outermost furring strand elongate member and a second outermost furring strand elongate member, the stabilization elongate member having a first plurality of straight portions that are at least approximately parallel to the furring strand elongate members and a second plurality of portions that are at least approximately parallel to the transverse elongate members, the stabilization elongate member affixed to at least one of the transverse elongate members, at least one of the furring strand elongate members, or a combination of at least one transverse elongate member and at least one furring strand elongate member.