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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2017
United States Gypsum Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Raymond A. Kaligian, II, Plymouth, MA (US);
Dennis M. Lettkeman, Tulsa, OK (US);
Peter A. MacDonald, Gulf Shores, AL (US);
Brett Fleury, Naperville, IL (US);
Randy Mullet, Metairie, LA (US);
UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An improved resilient wallboard channel constructed and arranged for attachment to a surface of a framing member and accommodating standard fasteners. Included on the present channel is a first, generally planar surface having an elongate edge, an inclined web disposed along the elongate edge and projecting at an oblique angle relative to the first surface, a web edge of the inclined web opposite the first surface is shared with a second, generally planar surface, a stop flange, which is shorter than the inclined web, projects from a stop flange edge of the second surface opposite the inclined web, and the first surface and the web edge are separated by at least ¾-inch measured normally from the framing member surface.