Apparatus and method for attaching wall panels to studs, and partition construction formed thereby
Abstract
Abstract A SNAP-ON CLIP IS EMPLOYED TO ATTACH GYPSUM DRYWALL PANELS TO METAL STUDS WITHOUT THE USE OF SCREWS, THE METHOD OF ATTACHING COMPRISING STARTING AT ONE END OF THE WALL AND CONTINUING TO ALTERNATELY ATTACH TO THE STUD SYSTEM A WALL PANEL-RETAINING CLIP AND THEN A WALL PANEL. IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EMBODIMENT, THE CLIP DOES NOT NECESSARILY SNAP ON BUT INSTEAD IS RESILIENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE METAL STUD. IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD, THE CLIPS MAY ALL BE MOUNTED IN POSITION PRIOR TO MOUNTING OF ANY WALL PANELS, FOLLOWING WHICH THE WALL PANELS ARE POSITIONED AND THEN HELD IN PLACE BY EXTERNAL HEAD PORTIONS WHICH ARE CONNECTED TO THE REMAINDERS OF THE CLIPS BY QUICK CONNECT-DISCONNECT MEANS.
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- 👤 Alexander E Passovoy
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