Structural member construction for building walls

Claim 2

A structural member construction for building walls comprising first and second upstanding wall panels each including spaced apart, parallel, coterminously extending wall sheaths with end portions separated by respective spacer channels with flanges outermost and coterminous with said end portions whereby in assembly the wall sheath and channel flange end faces may meet in abutment, first connector means of channel construction mounted centrally in web of channel construction mounted centrally in web abutment on the first wall panel channel web and with first connector flanges spaced inwardly from said first wall panel sheaths, with the outer surfaces of the first connector flanges being ribbed second connector means of channel construction mounted centrally in web abutment on the second wall panel channel web and with second connector flanges spaced inwardly from said second wall panel sheaths, with the inner surfaces of the second connector flanges being ribbed, and with said second connector flanges being spaced apart and of such flange dimension that when first and second wall panel sheath end faces and spacer channel flange end faces are in respective end face abutment, the second connector flange ribs extend in engagement with the first connector flange ribs just short of the outer face of the web of the first spacer channel, one of said connector means being of a slightly yieldable plastic and the other connector means being metallic.

Claim 3

A structural member construction for building walls comprising building walls in corner abutment comprising first and second upstanding wall panels each including spaced apart, parallel, coterminously extending wall sheaths with end portions separated by respective spacer channels with flanges outermost and coterminous with said end portions, the end portion of the inner wall sheath of said second wall panel being disposed in outer surface abutment with the end face of the inner wall sheath of said first wall panel, and terminating substantially in the extended plane of the inner surface of said first wall panel inner sheath wall, one of said spacer channels having a connector angle member with one leg surface mounted in abutment centrally of the outer surface of one of said spacer channel webs, the other leg of said angle member having outer surface ribbed and spaced inwardly of the adjacent flange of the respective spacer channel on which said angle member is mounted, the other of said spacer channels having a connector member with a back surface thereof mounted in abutment centrally of the spacer channel web surface and providing a ribbed surface to extend normal to said back surface and parallel to and spaced from, and facing the inner surface of the outer flange of said other spacer channel, a corner member including a corner angle with angle leg end faces to abut in assembly the respective end faces of the respective wall sheath of said respective wall panels, a connector plate mounted on the inner surface of each leg of said corner angle and providing a respective ribbed inner surface to extend in engaged assembly with the respective ribbed outer surface of the aforesaid other leg of said connector angle member, and providing a respective ribbed inner surface to extend in engaged assembly with the respective connector member ribbed surface, as said corner angle leg end faces are in abutment, as aforesaid, said connector angle and said connector member being of a slightly yieldable plastic and at least the respective connector plates being metallic.

Claim 4

A structural member construction for building walls comprising building walls in corner abutment comprising first and second upstanding wall panels each including spaced apart, parallel, coterminously extending wall sheaths with end portions separated by respective spacer channels with flanges outermost and coterminous with said end portions, the end portion of the inner wall sheath of said second wall panel being disposed in outer surface abutment with the end face of the inner wall sheath of said first wall panel, and terminating substantially in the extended plane of the inner surface of said first wall panel inner sheath wall, one of said spacer channels having a connector angle member with one leg surface mounted in abutment centrally of the outer surface of one of said spacer channel webs, the other leg of said angle member having outer surface ribbed and spaced inwardly of the adjacent flange of the respective spacer channel on which said angle member is mounted, the other of said spacer channels having a connector member with a back surface thereof mounted in abutment centrally of the spacer channel web surface and providing a ribbed surface to extend normal to said back surface and parallel to and spaced from, and facing the inner surface of the outer flange of said other spacer channel, a corner member including a corner angle with angle leg end faces to abut in assembly the respective end faces of the respective wall sheath of said respective wall panels, a connector plate mounted on the inner surface of each leg of said corner angle and providing a respective ribbed inner surface to extend in engaged assembly with the respective ribbed outer surface of the aforesaid other leg of said connector angle member, and providing a respective ribbed inner surface to extend in engaged assembly with the respective connector member ribbed surface, as said corner angle leg end faces are in abutment, as aforesaid, said connector angle and said connector member being of a slightly yieldable plastic and at least the respective connector plates being metallic.

Claim 5

A structural member construction as claimed in Claim 2, which additionally includes a metallic angle member with one leg secured to the inner surfaCe of the inner flange of the spacer channel on the web of which a connector angle leg is mounted, and with the angle member other leg extending substantially normal thereto toward the spacer channel web on which a back surface of the connector member is mounted, and in which the angle member other leg provides a ribbed surface engaged in assembly by an inwardly disposed surface provided by said connector member as said connector member comprises a channel type construction.

Claim 6

A structural column construction for building wall corners comprising first and second upstanding structural members each having an inner and an outer flange, the flanges of the first member extending at right angles to the flanges of the second member with both sets of flanges facing a common building wall corner location, such structural members respectively including first and second connector means each having a ribbed element extending toward the common corner location, and an upstanding structural angle member having legs adjoining the outer flanges of the first and second structural members, such legs including ribbed elements engaging the ribbed elements of the first and second connector means in an overlapping and interlocking manner, said first and said second connector means being of slightly yieldable plastic.

Claim 7

A structural column construction for building wall corners comprising first and second upstanding structural members each having an inner and an outer flange, the flanges of the first member extending at right angles to the flanges of the second member with both sets of flanges facing a common building wall corner location, such structural members respectively including first and second connector means each having a ribbed element extending toward the common corner location, and an upstanding structural angle member having legs adjoining the outer flanges of the first and second structural members, such legs including ribbed elements engaging the ribbed elements of the first and second connector means in an overlapping and interlocking manner, said first and said second connector means being of slightly yieldable plastic.