Dry wall installation clips

Abstract

Overhead installation clips for sheet goods, such as dry wall material. The clips support the sheets at one end, allowing one man to install this material without additional help. The clips need not be recovered after installation as they are designed to have their exposed portions broken off and discarded. The portion of the clips that remains are normally located in the seams between the sheets where they will be covered by the tape and spackle.

1 . A first clip for supporting a dry wall panel from a beam, having a generally “C” shaped and comprising an upper lief, a lower leaf and a connecting leaf, said upper, lower and connecting leafs being formed of flat sheet material and said upper and lower leaf being positioned horizontally with the upper leaf located directly above the lower leaf, the upper and lower leafs each having a first and a second end with the first ends of the upper leaf being located directly above the first end of said lower leaf and said connecting leaf being connected between said upper and lower leafs at their first ends.  
   
   
       2 . A first clip as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said upper lief includes a first hole to pass a fastener through to hold said clip to said beam.  
   
   
       3 . A first clip as claimed in  claim 2  wherein said lower lief includes a second hole located generally below said first hole to provide access to a fastener passing through said first hole to secure said fastener and clip to a beam.  
   
   
       4 . A first clip as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the separation between said upper and lower liefs exceed the thickness of a sheet of dry wall material sufficiently to permit said dry wall material to pass between said upper and lower liefs.  
   
   
       5 . A first clip as claimed in  claim 1  having a sharp vertical projection on its upper surface about its second end to grip the beam and prevent rotation of said first clip.  
   
   
       6 . A first clip as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising at least one notch in said lower leaf about its first end to facilitate the breaking off of the lower leaf after said dry wall panel is secured to the beam.  
   
   
       7 . A first clip as claimed in  claim 6  comprising two notches, one on either side of said lower leaf immediately adjacent said connecting leaf.  
   
   
       8 . A first clip as claimed in  claim 1  wherein second ends of said upper and lower leafs have the corner edges removed to facilitate inserting a dry wall panel between said upper and lower leafs.  
   
   
       9 . A second clip for supporting a dry wall panel from a beam having a generally Z shape and having an upper, a lower and a connecting leaf, said upper, lower and connecting leafs being formed of flat sheet material and said upper and lower leafs being positioned horizontally with the upper leaf being located above and to one side of the bottom leaf, the upper and lower leafs each having a first and a second end with the second end of the upper leaf being positioned directly above the first end of the lower leaf and said connecting leaf being connected between said upper and lower leaf and said connected between said upper and lower leafs at their opposite ends to produce the “Z’ shape of said second clip.  
   
   
       10 . A second clip as claimed in  claim 9  comprising at least one notch in the side of the lower leaf about its first end to facilitate the breaking off of the lower leaf after said dry wall panel is secured to the beam.  
   
   
       11 . A second clip as claimed in  claim 10  comprising two notches, one on either side of said lower leaf immediately adjacent to said connecting leaf.  
   
   
       12 . A second clip as claimed in  claim 9  wherein the first end of the upper leaf and the second end of the bottom have their corner edges removed to facilitate inserting the upper leaf over a second dry wall panel and accepting a third dry wall panel over said lower leaf.