Abstract

A method for installing a wallboard in an outside-corner configuration includes inserting an end of the wallboard into a first channel of a wallboard-fastening device, placing an inner corner of the device against a corner of a framing member, and driving a fastener through a second framing panel of the device to secure the device to the framing member. The inner corner is formed where the second framing panel meets, at a right angle, a first framing panel. The first channel is formed by the first framing panel, a bridge panel, and a flat-spring flange that forms a step with the bridge panel. Mud applied over the flat-spring flange, and up to the step, covers the seam formed where the flat-spring flange contacts the wallboard. A second wallboard may be inserted into a second channel of the device such that the two wallboards are perpendicular.

IPC Classes  ?

• E04F 19/06 - BordersFinishing strips, e.g. beadingsLight coves specially designed for securing panels
• E04F 13/06 - Edge-protecting borders

Abstract

A wallboard-fastening device for securing first and second wallboards in an inside-corner configuration includes a first framing panel having a first lengthwise edge and a second framing panel having opposite second and third lengthwise edges, the second lengthwise edge directly connecting to the first lengthwise edge. A first flat-spring flange having a fourth lengthwise edge is directly connected to the third lengthwise edge such that the first flat-spring flange, the first framing panel, and the second framing panel form a channel sized to accept the first wallboard. A second flat-spring flange having a fifth lengthwise edge is connected to the third lengthwise edge. The first flat-spring flange flexes, when the first wallboard is inserted into the channel, to push against the first wallboard, and the second flat-spring flange flexes, when a rear face of the second framing panel is pushed against the second wallboard, to push against the second wallboard.

IPC Classes  ?

• E04F 19/06 - BordersFinishing strips, e.g. beadingsLight coves specially designed for securing panels

Abstract

A wallboard-fastening device secures first and second wallboards to a framing member without fasteners passing through the wallboards. The device includes first, second, and third framing panels joined along lengthwise edges to form a three-sided cup sized to fit around the framing member, first and second flat-spring flanges joined along lengthwise edges to form a front seam, and a channel-dividing panel joined lengthwise to the front seam and to the second framing panel to form first and second channels that receive the first and second wallboards. The flat-spring flanges flex to exert restoring forces on the wallboards that push the wallboards against the second framing panel. The device may be configured for edge joints, outside-corner joints, and inside-corners, and thus may be combined for any type of wallboard installation, including both parallel and perpendicular applications.

IPC Classes  ?

• E04F 19/06 - BordersFinishing strips, e.g. beadingsLight coves specially designed for securing panels
• E04F 19/02 - BordersFinishing strips, e.g. beadingsLight coves

Abstract

A method for installing first and second wallboards uses a wallboard fastening device that secures the wallboards to a framing member without fasteners passing through the wallboards. The device includes first and second framing panels joined along lengthwise edges at a frame seam to form a two-sided frame that fits around the framing member. The device includes first and second flat-spring flanges joined along lengthwise edges at a front seam. The device includes a channel-dividing panel joined lengthwise to the front seam and to the second framing panel to form first and second channels that are sized to receive edges of the wallboards. The device includes a guide flange joined lengthwise to the frame seam. A corner edge of the second wallboard may be pushed against the guide flange such that the corner edge slides along the guide flange, thereby guiding the second wallboard into the second channel.

IPC Classes  ?

• E04F 13/08 - Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elementsSub-structures thereforFastening means therefor composed of a plurality of similar covering or lining elements
• E04F 19/06 - BordersFinishing strips, e.g. beadingsLight coves specially designed for securing panels

Abstract

A wallboard-fastening device for securing first and second wallboards in an inside-corner configuration includes a first framing panel having a first lengthwise edge and a second framing panel having opposite second and third lengthwise edges, the second lengthwise edge directly connecting to the first lengthwise edge. A first flat-spring flange having a fourth lengthwise edge is directly connected to the third lengthwise edge such that the first flat-spring flange, the first framing panel, and the second framing panel form a channel sized to accept the first wallboard. A second flat-spring flange having a fifth lengthwise edge is connected to the third lengthwise edge. The first flat-spring flange flexes, when the first wallboard is inserted into the channel, to push against the first wallboard, and the second flat-spring flange flexes, when a rear face of the second framing panel is pushed against the second wallboard, to push against the second wallboard.

IPC Classes  ?

• E04F 19/06 - BordersFinishing strips, e.g. beadingsLight coves specially designed for securing panels
• E04F 19/02 - BordersFinishing strips, e.g. beadingsLight coves
• E04B 9/18 - Means for suspending the supporting construction

Abstract

A wallboard-fastening device for securing first and second wallboards to a framing member in an outside-corner configuration includes: first and second framing panels that connect to each other to form an inner corner seam that fits against the framing member; first and second corner panels that connect to each other to form an outer corner seam; a first bridge panel that connects to (i) the first corner panel to form a first outer seam and (ii) the inner corner seam; a second bridge panel that connects to (i) the second corner panel to form a second outer seam and (ii) the inner corner seam; a first flat-spring flange that connects to the first outer seam to form a first channel sized to accept the first wallboard; and a second flat-spring flange that connects to the second outer seam to form a second channel sized to accept the second wallboard.

IPC Classes  ?

• E04F 19/06 - BordersFinishing strips, e.g. beadingsLight coves specially designed for securing panels
• E04F 13/06 - Edge-protecting borders

Abstract

A wallboard fastening device secures first and second wallboards to a framing member without fasteners passing through the wallboards. The device includes first and second framing panels joined along lengthwise edges at a frame seam to form a two-sided frame that fits around the framing member. The device includes first and second flat-spring flanges joined along lengthwise edges at a front seam. The device includes a channel-dividing panel joined lengthwise to the front seam and to the second framing panel to form first and second channels that are sized to receive edges of the wallboards. The device includes a guide flange joined lengthwise to the frame seam. A corner edge of the second wallboard may be pushed against the guide flange such that the corner edge slides along the guide flange, thereby guiding the second wallboard into the second channel.

IPC Classes  ?

• E04F 19/06 - BordersFinishing strips, e.g. beadingsLight coves specially designed for securing panels
• E04F 19/00 - Other details or constructional parts for finishing work on buildings
• E04F 19/02 - BordersFinishing strips, e.g. beadingsLight coves

Abstract

A wallboard fastening device secures first and second wallboards to a framing member without fasteners passing through the wallboards. The device includes first and second framing panels joined along lengthwise edges at a frame seam to form a two-sided frame that fits around the framing member. The device includes first and second flat-spring flanges joined along lengthwise edges at a front seam. The device includes a channel-dividing panel joined lengthwise to the front seam and to the second framing panel to form first and second channels that are sized to receive edges of the wallboards. The device includes a guide flange joined lengthwise to the frame seam. A corner edge of the second wallboard may be pushed against the guide flange such that the corner edge slides along the guide flange, thereby guiding the second wallboard into the second channel.

IPC Classes  ?

• E04F 19/06 - BordersFinishing strips, e.g. beadingsLight coves specially designed for securing panels
• E04F 13/08 - Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elementsSub-structures thereforFastening means therefor composed of a plurality of similar covering or lining elements

Abstract

A wallboard-fastening device secures first and second wallboards to a framing member without fasteners passing through the wallboards. The device includes first, second, and third framing panels joined along lengthwise edges to form a three-sided cup sized to fit around the framing member, first and second flat-spring flanges joined along lengthwise edges to form a front seam, and a channel-dividing panel joined lengthwise to the front seam and to the second framing panel to form first and second channels that receive the first and second wallboards. The flat-spring flanges flex to exert restoring forces on the wallboards that push the wallboards against the second framing panel. The device may be configured for edge joints, outside-corner joints, and inside-corners, and thus may be combined for any type of wallboard installation, including both parallel and perpendicular applications.

IPC Classes  ?

• E04F 19/06 - BordersFinishing strips, e.g. beadingsLight coves specially designed for securing panels
• E04F 19/02 - BordersFinishing strips, e.g. beadingsLight coves

Abstract

A wallboard-fastening device secures first and second wallboards to a framing member without fasteners passing through the wallboards. The device includes first, second, and third framing panels joined along lengthwise edges to form a three-sided cup sized to fit around the framing member, first and second flat-spring flanges joined along lengthwise edges to form a front seam, and a channel-dividing panel joined lengthwise to the front seam and to the second framing panel to form first and second channels that receive the first and second wallboards. The flat-spring flanges flex to exert restoring forces on the wallboards that push the wallboards against the second framing panel. The device may be configured for edge joints, outside-corner joints, and inside-corners, and thus may be combined for any type of wallboard installation, including both parallel and perpendicular applications.

IPC Classes  ?

• E04F 19/00 - Other details or constructional parts for finishing work on buildings
• E04F 19/06 - BordersFinishing strips, e.g. beadingsLight coves specially designed for securing panels
• E04F 19/02 - BordersFinishing strips, e.g. beadingsLight coves