Resilient clip securing panels in spaced relation to wall studs

Claim 1

A CLIP FOR SECURING SUPERIMPOSED WALL PANELS TO EACH OTHER AND TO A STUD SO THAT THE PANELS ARE SPACED FROM SAID STUD, SAID CLIP COMPRISING A SINGLE BLANK OF SHEET MATERIAL SHAPED AND FOLDED TO PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED STUD GRIPPING MEMBER PRESENTING A BIGHT PORTION OPPOSED TO THE OUTER FACE O THE STUD OPPOSING THE INNER SURFACES OF THE WALL PANELS AND TWO STUD GRIPPING SIDE PORTIONS DISPOSED IN RESILIENT GRIPPING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SIDES OF THE STUDS LYING AT AN ANGLE TO THE SAID OUTER FACE OF THE STUD AND TWO HORIZONTALLY OFFSET AND REVERSELY ARRANGED U-SHAPED PANEL GRIPPING MEMBERS HAVING THEIR BIGHT PORTIONS DISPOSED IN CO-PLANAR SIDE BY SIDE RELATION TO EACH OTHER AND INTERPOSED BETWEEN OPPOSING HORIZONTAL EDGES OF SAID SUPERIMPOSED PANELS, ONE OF SAID PANEL GRIPPING MEMBERS PRESENTING INNER AND OUTER PANEL GRIPPING SIDE PORTIONS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE BIGHT PORTION THEREOF IN RESILIENT GRIPPING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INNER AND OUTER SURFACES OF THE UPPERMOST OF SAID SUPERIMPOSED PANELS, THE OTHER PANEL GRIPPING MEMBER PRESENTING INNER AND OUTER PANEL GRIPPING SIDE PORTIONS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE BIGHT PORTION THEREOF IN GRIPPING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INNER AND OUTER SURFACES OF THE LOWERMOST OF SAID SUPERIMPOSED PANEL, THE PANEL GRIPPING MEMBER DISPOSED IN GRIPPING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UPPERMOST OF SAID SUPERIMPOSED WALL PANELS HAVING THE UPPER EDGE OF ITS INNER SIDE PORTION INTEGRALLY JOINED TO THE UPPER EDGE OF THE BIGHT PORTION OF THE STUD GRIPPING MEMBER BY A FLEXIBLE U-SHAPED CONNECTING AND SPACING MEMBER AND THE PANEL GRIPPING MEMBER DISPOSED IN GRIPPING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LOWERMOST OF SAID SUPERIMPOSED PANELS HAVING THE LOWER EDGE OF ITS INNER SIDE MEMBER INTEGRALLY JOINED TO THE LOWER EDGE OF THE BIGHT PORTION OF THE STUD GRIPPING MEMBER BY A FLEXIBLE U-SHAPED CONNECTING AND SPACING MEMBER.