Patent ID: 8621823

Claim:
A furring channel framing member, comprising: a base having an outer surface and an inner surface, first and second side edges, a length, and a first crease extending between said first and second side edges and having a first apex spaced from a plane of a portion of said base adjacent to said first crease; first and second legs extending respectively from said first and second side edges of said base and along said length to form a channel bounded by said base and said first and second legs, each of said first and second legs extending from a respective one of said first and second side edges to respective first and second terminus edges, said first leg having a second crease extending between said first side edge at said first crease to said first terminus edge, said second crease having a second apex spaced from a plane of a portion of said first leg adjacent to said second crease, said second leg having a third crease extending between said second side edge at said first crease to said second terminus edge, said third crease having a third apex spaced from a plane of a portion of said second leg adjacent to said third crease; a first flange extending outwardly from said terminus edge of said first leg along a first direction, said first flange having a fourth crease extending from said terminus edge of said first leg at said second crease, said fourth crease having a fourth apex spaced from a plane of a portion of said first flange adjacent to said fourth crease, said first, second, third, and fourth creases together forming a flex joint; a second flange extending outwardly from said terminus edge of said second leg along a second direction that is substantially opposite to said first direction, wherein said first and second flanges are substantially parallel to said base, said second flange having a fifth crease extending from said terminus edge of said second leg at said third crease, said fifth crease having a fifth apex spaced from a plane of a portion of said second flange adjacent to said fifth crease, wherein said fifth crease forms a portion of said flex joint, wherein said first and second creases coextensively meet at a first merge point, said first and third creases coextensively meet at a second merge point, said second and fourth creases coextensively meet at a third merge point, and said third and fifth creases coextensively meet at the fourth merge point.