Patent ID: 6988347

Claim:
A construction system, comprising: (a) a metallic stud definable in terms of an x, y, z, coordinate system, the system comprising: (i) a z-axis elongate substantially rectangular integral web within a yz plane thereof; (ii) a series of xz plane tabs projecting within a substantially x-axis direction, said tabs alternating in x-axis dimension between interdigiting greater and lesser dimensions thereof, in which a z-axis line of dependency exists between a common xz plane of all of said tabs and a first major rectangular base of said yz plane of said web of said stud; and (iii) a z-axis elongate L-shaped element integrally dependent from a second major rectangular base of said web, parallel to said first base thereof, said element including an elongate integral xz-plane sub-element extending in a substantially z-axis direction, and substantially parallel with said series of xz plane tabs, from a z-axis line of dependency from said second major base of said web, said L-shaped element further including a yz plane sub-element, in the nature of a lip, integrally depending from said first xz plane element along an entire z-axis length thereof, said second sub-element projecting toward said series of xz plane tabs; (b) a concrete slab into which substantially all of said greater dimension xz plane tabs of said series thereof are wholly embedded therein prior to the hardening of said slab.