Patent ID: 8424266

Claim:
A building stud comprising a single primary flange bending from and extending in a same single direction from each side of a web forming a C-shaped channel, the improvement comprising the web with a plurality of slots, wherein at least one of the slots further comprises at least two supplemental flanges extending respectively from at least two sides of said slot, the at least two supplemental flanges together comprising a portion of the web separated and bent away from the web on said at least two sides of said slot with the portion of the web removed by bending the supplemental flanges out of the web resulting in an opening in the web which opening forms the whole or substantially the whole of said slot and wherein the at least two supplemental flanges comprise a first and a second supplemental flange extending from respective first and second vertical sides of said slot which vertical sides are longitudinal with the stud and parallel to primary flanges, and further comprising a flange portion extending inward from the primary flange at its distal end forming a fold-back portion folded back from at least one of the respective primary flanges forming a line of flexure between the primary flange and the foldback portion having a resiliency wherein a screw threaded into the primary flange and then further into the fold-back portion therein slightly pushing the fold-back portion before being threaded in the fold-back portion flexing the fold-back portion away from the primary flange on the line of flexure captures the screw as the flexure binds the screw between the primary flange and the fold-back portion substantially preventing the screw from inadvertently unscrewing from the stud, a primary flange root connecting the web portion to the primary flange, a single ninety degree bend is provided in at least one of the respective fold-back portions and extends parallel to the primary flange and continues parallel to the primary flange root and is adjacent thereto, a supplemental web extends from the ninety degree bend and continues along the web to provide additional stiffness at the primary flange root and resist the inward flexure of the primary flanges during buckling.