Wall construction

Claim 2

In a sound attenuating wall between parallel fixed structures of a building, the improvements comprising: a series of formed elongated spaced building wall studs of the web and double flange type between and anchored at their ends to said building structures, with each stud when formed and anchored in line having a more resilient flange and a less resilient flange; with the studs being arranged in reversed alternation so that the more resilient flanges of spaced adjacent studs face in opposite directions and equally the less resilient flanges of spaced adjacent studs face in opposite directions; in combination with wall panels on one side of the line of studs arranged so that edge portions are adjacent each other and adjacent the less resilient flanges of such side and are affixed to such less resilient flanges; and central portions of such panels are adjacent the more resilient flanges of such one side.

Claim 3

In a sound attenuating wall between parallel fixed structures of a building, the improvements comprising: a series of formed elongated spaced building wall studs of the web and double flange type between and anchored at their ends to said building structures, with each stud when formed and anchored in line having a more resilient flange and a less resilient flange; with the studs being arranged in reversed alternation so that the more resilient flanges of spaced adjacent studs face in opposite directions and equally the less resilient flanges of spaced adjacent studs face in opposite directions; with the studs being so formed and mounted that in the mounted line of studs there are flanges which have greater resiliency and flanges which have lesser resiliency; in combination with wall panels on one side of the line of studs offset with respect to wall panels on the opposite side so that central portions on one side are opposite edges of the opposing panels; and the edges of panels on one side are opposite central portions of panels on the other side; with the edges of the panels on one side being affixed to the less resilient flanges on such side; and with the central portions of the panels on one side being adjacent the more resilient flanges on such side.

Claim 4

In a sound attenuating wall between parallel fixed structures of a building, the improvements comprising: a series of formed elongated spaced building wall studs of the web and double flange type between and anchored at their ends to said building structures, with each stud when formed and anchored in line having a more resilient flange and a less resilient flange; with the studs being arranged in reversed alternation so that the more resilient flanges of spaced adjacent studs face in opposite directions and equally the less resilient flanges of spaced adjacent studs face in opposite directions; with the studs being so formed and mounted that in the mounted line of studs there are flanges which have greater resiliency and flanges which have lesser resiliency; in combination with wall panels on one side of the line of studs offset with respect to wall panels on the opposite side so that central portions on one side are opposite edges of the opposing panels; and the edges of panels on one side are opposite central portions of panels on the other side; with the edges of the panels on one side being affixed to the less resilient flanges on such side; and with the central portions of the panels on one side being adjacent the more resilient flanges on such side.

Claim 5

A wall construction according to claim 2, wherein the flanges as formed are initially equal in resiliency, with the studs being so anchored that these flanges retain substantially their original resiliency without substantial impairment.

Claim 6

A wall construction according to claim 2, wherein the flanges are initially equal in resiliency with the ends of the more resilient flanges being so free of the fixed structures as to retain substantially their original resilience without substantial impairment, whereas the less resilient flangEs are so anchored at their ends to the fixed structures so as to lose substantial portions of their original resilience.

Claim 7

A wall construction according to claim 2, wherein the greater resilience flanges are initially formed to be of greater resilience than the less resilient flanges, and are free of the fixed structures so as to retain their resilience without substantial impairment when the studs are anchored by anchoring the ends of the less resilient flanges to such fixed structure.