Wall supporting structural beam

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A UNITARY STUD FOR STRUCTURALLY SUPPORTING A PAIR OF PANEL MEMBERS IN A COMMON PLANE IN EDGE-TO-EDGE RELATION TO EACH OTHER AND IN FIXED SPACED PARALLEL RELATION TO AN OPPOSITE PANEL MEMBER TO FORM A DOUBLE-WALL STRUCTURE, COMPRISING A MAIN WEB PORTION ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED IN A PLANE NORMAL TO THE PANEL SURFACES, LATERALLY EXTENDING FLANGE MEANS ALONG ONE MARGINAL EDGE OF SAID WEB PORTION ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED IN PARALLEL CONTIGUOUS RELATION WITH A SURFACE OF SAID OPPOSITE PANEL MEMBER AND TO RECEIVE A PANEL FASTENING MEMBER IN INTERLOCKING RELATION THERETHROUGH, THE OTHER MARGINAL EDGE OF SAID MAIN WEB BEING DISPLACED LATERALLY TO FORM AN AUXILIARY WEB INTEGRALLY INTERCONNECTED WITH THE MAIN WEB BY A TRANSVERSE PORTION FORMING A LATERAL ABUTMENT SURFACE FOR THE MARGINAL SURFACE OF ONE OF SAID PAIR OF PANEL MEMBERS, LONGITUDINALLY SPACED MEANS STRUCK FROM SAID AUXILIARY WEB AND COPLANAR WITH SAID TRANSVERSE PORTION FORMING AN OPPOSING LATERAL ABUTMENT SURFACE FOR THE MARGINAL SURFACE OF THE OTHER OF SAID PAIR OF PANEL MEMBERS, SAID AUXILIARY WEB ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED BETWEEN THE MATING EDGES OF SAID PAIR OF PANEL MEMBERS AND MEANS INTEGRAL WITH AND COACTING WITH SAID AUXILIARY WEB IN SPACED RELATION FROM SAID LATERAL ABUTMENT SURFACES FOR ENGAGING AND RETAINING SAID PAIR OF PANEL MEMBERS IN FIXED ABUTTING RELATION THEREAGAINST SAID LAST MENTIONED MEANS COMPRISING A CONTINUOUS FLANGE OVERLYING AND PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST MENTIONED ABUTMENT SURFACE AND LONGITUDINALLY SPACED MEANS STRUCK FROM SAID AUXILIARY WEB IN PARALLEL SPACED RELATION TO THE SECOND MENTIONED ABUTMENT SURFACE AND COPLANAR WITH SAID CONTINUOUS FLANGE.