Wall construction and resilient runner therefor

Claim 1

A WALL CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A SUBSTANTIALLY PLANAR SUPPORTING SURFACE; AN ELONGATED SHEET METAL RESILIENT RUNNER FOR ATTACHING WALLBOARD TO SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE COMPRISING A BASE FLANGE LYING IN A FIRST PLANE, A RESILIENT WEB INTEGRAL AT ONE EDGE THEREOF WITH SAID BASE FLANGE AND LYING IN A SECOND PLANE INCLINED AT THE OBTUSE ANGLE TO SAID FIRST PLANE, A SUPPORT PORTION, THE OPPOSITE EDGE OF SAID RESILIENT WEB BEING COEXTENSIVE WITH ONE EDGE OF SAID SUPPORT PORTION, SAID SUPPORT PORTION LYING IN A THIRD PLANE INCLINED TO SAID SECOND PLANE AND EXTENDING LATERALLY IN AN OFFSET POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID BASE FLANGE, SAID THIRD PLANE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST PLANE, AND A STOP FLANGE COEXTENSIVE WITH THE OPPOSITE EDGE OF SAID SUPPORT PORTION, SAID STOP FLANGE BEING INCLINED OUTWARDLY AND EXTENDING TOWARD SAID FIRST PLANE BUT BEING SHORTER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID THIRD PLANE AND SAID FIRST PLANE; AND A WALLBOARD ATTACHED TO SAID SUPPORT PORTION, SAID SUPPORT PORTION AND WALL-BOARD IN A NORMAL POSITION BEING RESILIENTLY SPACED FROM SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE BY SAID RESILEINT WEB, SAID WALLBOARD, WITH PRESSURE APPLIED NORMAL TO THE EXPOSED SURFACE OF SAID WALLBOARD, BEING RIGIDLY SPACED FROM SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE BY SAID RESILIENT WEB AND SAID STOP FLANGE.