Metal track system for metal studs

Claim 1

A track and stud framing system for drywall construction including: an upper track and spaced therefrom a bottom track, the upper track being horizontally aligned with the bottom track, a plurality of studs positioned within the tracks and vertically aligned, each stud having a bottom end within the bottom track and a top end within the upper track, the tracks and studs being U-shaped elongated channel members formed of sheet metal and each having a bottom wall and two opposite sidewalls; characterized in that the upper and bottom track sidewalls are parallel and not convergent toward each other, the thickness of the track sheet metal sidewalls are equal to or greater in thickness than the thickness of the sheet metal of the studs; each track has a series of protruding dimples formed from the metal of the sidewall of the track, the dimples are complete hemispherical shaped protrusions without cut-outs therein, the dimples are directed inward toward the imaginary center of the tracks and are used to position the studs, the dimples are arranged in pairs on each track sidewall, with the dimples of each pair on each sidewall being aligned with the dimples of another pair on the opposite sidewall, the spacing between the dimple of each pair is about the same as the width of the stud sidewall, and the dimple pairs are spaced along the track sidewall with the distance between the imaginary center of each pair of dimples being 8 inches.