Metal stud system for supporting nonload bearing construction materials

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR ERECTING AND SUPPORTING NON-LOAD BEARING WALLS COMPRISING A BASE PROVIDED WITH A WEB AND FLANGES EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM OPPOSITE SIDES EDGES OF SAID WEB AND INCLUDING BENDABLE CUT OUT MEMBERS, A SHEET METAL STUD MEMBER ENGAGING SAID BASE MEMBER AND REMOVABLY ANCHORED THERETO BY SAID BENDABLE CUT OUT MEMBERS, SAID SHEET METAL STUD MEMBER INCLUDING A FLANGE PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE FLAT SURFACE HAVING A PLURALITY OF FORAMEN COEXTENSIVE THEREWITH TO PROVIDE A PLURALITY OF TRAPPING CENTERS FOR SCREW POINTS OVER SAID SURFACE OF SAID FLANGE, EACH SAID FORAMEN EXTENDING COMPLETELY THROUGH SAID FLANGE AND BEING GENERALLY FRUSTUM-CONICAL IN CROSS-SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION WITH THE MAJOR BASE THEREOF BEING LOCATED AT THE SAID FLAT SURFACE AGAINST WHICH A WALL COVERING MEMBER IS ADAPTED TO BE AFFIXED, THE INSIDE SURFACE OF SAID FORAMEN BEING RELATIVELY SMOOTH AND UNBROKEN AND HAVING A LENGTH MEASURED ALONG THE CENTRAL AXIS THEREOF WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE SHEET METAL MATERIAL FROM WHICH SAID STUD MEMBER IS MADE AND A WALL COVERING MEMBER AFFIXED TO SAID FLAT SURFACE OF SAID STUD MEMBER AND A SHEET METAL SCREW INSERTABLE THROUGH SAID WALL COVERING MEMBER AND COMPLETELY THROUGH A FORAMEN.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR ERECTING AND SUPPORTING NON-LOAD BEARING WALLS COMPRISING A BASE PROVIDED WITH A WEB AND FLANGES EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM OPPOSITE SIDES EDGES OF SAID WEB AND INCLUDING BENDABLE CUT OUT MEMBERS, A SHEET METAL STUD MEMBER ENGAGING SAID BASE MEMBER AND REMOVABLY ANCHORED THERETO BY SAID BENDABLE CUT OUT MEMBERS, SAID SHEET METAL STUD MEMBER INCLUDING A FLANGE PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE FLAT SURFACE HAVING A PLURALITY OF FORAMEN COEXTENSIVE THEREWITH TO PROVIDE A PLURALITY OF TRAPPING CENTERS FOR SCREW POINTS OVER SAID SURFACE OF SAID FLANGE, EACH SAID FORAMEN EXTENDING COMPLETELY THROUGH SAID FLANGE AND BEING GENERALLY FRUSTUM-CONICAL IN CROSS-SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION WITH THE MAJOR BASE THEREOF BEING LOCATED AT THE SAID FLAT SURFACE AGAINST WHICH A WALL COVERING MEMBER IS ADAPTED TO BE AFFIXED, THE INSIDE SURFACE OF SAID FORAMEN BEING RELATIVELY SMOOTH AND UNBROKEN AND HAVING A LENGTH MEASURED ALONG THE CENTRAL AXIS THEREOF WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE SHEET METAL MATERIAL FROM WHICH SAID STUD MEMBER IS MADE AND A WALL COVERING MEMBER AFFIXED TO SAID FLAT SURFACE OF SAID STUD MEMBER AND A SHEET METAL SCREW INSERTABLE THROUGH SAID WALL COVERING MEMBER AND COMPLETELY THROUGH A FORAMEN.