Structural member and connection means therefor

Claim 1

IN A STRUCTURAL ASSEMBLY HAVING A VERTICAL LOADSUPPORTING STUD, A FRAME TO STUD JOINT COMPRISING, AN ANCHOR BRACKET ATTACHED TO SAID STUD, A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING FRAME MEMBER HAVING CONNECTED WALLS, LATERALLY SPACED PAIRS OF RIBS ON SAID WALLS AND PROJECTING INWARDLY THEREFROM AND HAVING OPPOSED END PORTIONS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH AND SPACED FROM THE RESPECTIVE WALL SO THAT EACH PAIR DEFINES A WAY EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID FRAME MEMBER, SAID ANCHOR BRACKET HAVING SPACED ARMS EXTENDING FROM SAID STUD WITH PORTIONS OF CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE TO CORRESPOND TO SAID WAYS FOR SLIDABLY EXTENDING THEREIN, AND ABUTMENT MEANS ON SAID ARMS FOR ENGAGEMENT BY AN END OF SAID FRAME MEMBER TO LIMIT MOVEMENT OF SAID ARM PORTIONS INTO SAID WAYS, SAID ARM PORTIONS EXTENDING INTO SAID WAYS EACH HAVING A NOTCH THEREIN SPACED FROM SAID ABUTMENT MEANS, SAID RIB END PORTIONS DEFINING THE WAYS BEING DEFORMABLE INTO SAID NOTCHES TO RETAIN SAID FRAME MEMBER AGAINST MOVEMENT LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID ARMS.