Wall base construction

Claim 1

A PERMANENT, HOLLOW, PLASTER WALL BASE STRUCTURE COMPRISING AN UPWARDLY OPENING ELONGATE FLOOR RUNNER OF GENERALLY U-SHAPED CROSS SECTION, HAVING A RELATIVELY WIDE, FLAT, HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED BASE PORTION AND RELATIVELY SHORT FLANGES EXTENDING UPWARDLY ALONG EACH EDGE THEREOF, SAID FLOOR RUNNER BEING AFFIXED TO A FLOOR ALONG THE EXTENT OF SAID WALL, AND A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY SHORT, GENERALLY S-SHAPED CROSS-SECTION, BASE CLIPS SLIDABLY AFFIXED AT SPACED POSITIONS ON SAID FLANGES, SAID BASE CLIPS EACH BEING COMPRISED SUBSTANTIALLY SOLELY OF A DOWNWARDLY OPENING, FLANGE RECEIVING GROOVE SLIDABLY AFFIXED ON ONE OF SAID FLANGES AND AN UPWARDLY OPENING, FLOOR ABUTTING, LATH RETAINING GROOVE, A SHEET OF LATH HAVING A BOTTOM EDGE DISPOSED IN SAID LATH RETAINING GROOVE, THE OUTER VERTICALLY EXTENDING FACE PORTION OF SAID LATH RETAINING GROOVE ABUTTING THE OUTER FACE OF THE SAID BOTTOM EDGE OF A SHEET OF LATH AND RESILIENTLY URGING SAID SHEET OF LATH INTO A FIXED POSITION CLOSELY ADJACENT SAID FIXED RUNNER FLANGE, SAID CLIP OUTER FACE PORTION AND SAID LATH BOTTOM EDGE BEING EMBEDDED IN A COATING OF PLASTER ADHERED AND SET UPON SAID LATH FACE, SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE EXTENT OF SAID LATH FACE.