Patent ID: 8359813

Claim:
A steel stud construction member having spaced web openings for reduced heat transfer characteristics as compared with solid web studs, and comprising; a web defining a web plane, web side edges and a longitudinal web axis; a flange along at least one web side edge; web openings through said web at spaced intervals therealong, of predetermined size and profile; at least one side of each web opening being defined by a linear side paralleling said longitudinal axis of said web; wherein said web openings are arranged in an alternating orientation; diagonal struts between adjacent said web openings; extending across said stud member from one web side edge to the other said web side edge and define strut ends; at least one linear channel portion of each said web along said linear side of said web opening being displaced from said web opening and remaining attached integrally to said web; a first bend formed in said linear channel portion along said web axis and out of the plane of said web; a second bend formed in said linear channel portion parallel to and spaced from said first bend, thereby forming said linear channel portion into a reinforcing channel; strut end depressions formed in each said web edge at opposite strut ends of each of said struts; and, depression openings formed in said strut end depressions to reduce heat transfer across said stud.