1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to building construction guides, gauges and templates, and more particularly to a construction layout guide that is used to accurately position or layout metal stud walls and partitions during building construction and assembly.
2. Description of the Related Art
Layout partitioning in the construction industry has always been a very labor intensive and time consuming procedure. Typically, in the layout of wall studs during metal building construction, personnel must cut and fit wall stud tracks in place on the floor and the ceiling. Personnel must first find appropriate dimensions, pop a caulk line, and then install metal tracks on the floor and ceiling to form the rooms specified in the design plan. There is a long felt need for a more efficient manner in which to form the layout plan for metal wall studs in metal construction.
Thus, a construction layout guide solving the aforementioned problems is desired.
The construction layout guide is a device that is used to accurately position or layout metal stud walls and partitions during construction and assembly. The guide is particularly used to layout metal stud framing tracks on a floor and ceiling. The device comprises a cold-formed 20-gauge steel assembly or frame formed from channels arranged in the shape of an “L”, a “T”, or and “H”, the channels having a flat base and side flanges to receive the framing tracks for partitions. The L-shaped configuration features two legs connected at a 90° angle for layout of an end corner. The T-shaped configuration features two channels with the leg of one channel joining the middle of one side flange of the other channel at a 90° angle for laying out the intersection of one wall with a medial portion of a second wall. By placing the guides in a desired location, the framing tracks may be accurately positioned to receive intersecting metal stud wall partitions.
These and other features of the present invention will become readily apparent upon further review of the following specification and drawings.
Similar reference characters denote corresponding features consistently throughout the attached drawings.
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The T-shaped configuration has two channels, with the end of one channel connected to the middle or to a medial portion of the side flange of the second channel, with portions of the side flanges being removed at the intersection to form a continuous passage. The two channels form two complementary 90° angles 90. The channels are dimensioned to receive construction framing tracks F. As shown in
Where appropriate, an H-shaped guide 30 may be used, e.g., to align parallel walls. As shown in
It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, but encompasses any and all embodiments within the scope of the following claims.