REINFORCING INSERT ARTICLE, KIT AND METHOD

摘要

Reinforcing inserts reinforce a frame member, such as a manufactured or metal stud. A reinforcing insert may be inserted into a stud, for example into the interior region between two elongated channel members of the stud to support one or more elements of the stud, thereby reinforcing the stud. The reinforcing insert may be received into one or both ends of the stud. The reinforcing insert may be shaped to engage (e.g., frictional or interference fit) in the interior of the stud. A length and other dimensions or properties of the reinforcing insert may be sized in accordance with the properties of the stud to be reinforced. The reinforcing insert may be tapered at one end, may include recesses to accommodate intrusive fasteners and/or include lightening apertures or pockets.

主权项

1. An insert for use with a stud, the stud having a pair of elongated channel members opposed to one another across a width of the stud, each of the channel members having a major face, a first flange and a second flange, the first and the second flanges extending from the major face and the second flange opposed to the first flange across a thickness of the stud, the insert comprising:
a block of material having a first end, a second end, a first major face, a second major face, a first side and a second side, the second end opposed across a length of the insert from the first end, the second major face opposed across a thickness of the insert from the first major face, and the second side opposed across a width of the insert from the first side, the first and the second sides spaced from one another to provide at least an interference fit between the major faces of the pair of elongated channel members of the stud when received therebetween over at least a majority of the length of the insert.