Knee wall support assembly

Abstract

This specification is to a knee wall support assembly used to support studs in a wall that does not stretch from the floor to the ceiling. These walls are often called knee walls, pony walls, half walls, and hip walls. Greater strength for the support is obtained attaching a C channeled framing member, like a stud, to a groove in a base plate and orienting the support so that the web of the framing member is perpendicular to the wall face.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A knee wall support assembly comprising:
 a framing member ( 1000 ) having a framing member first end with a framing member first end profile ( 1200 ), a framing member second end with said framing member comprising a web ( 1300 ), a first flange ( 1400 ) extending from a web first edge ( 1340 ), and a second flange ( 1500 ) extending from a web second edge ( 1350 ); and   a base plate ( 2000 ) having a base plate width ( 2020 ), a base plate length ( 2010 ), a base plate thickness ( 2030 ), a base plate top end ( 2050 ) parallel to a plane defined by the base plate width and the base plate length, a base plate bottom end ( 2060 ) opposite the base plate top end, a plurality of base plate mounting holes ( 2040 ), and a base plate groove ( 2070 ) having a base plate groove wall ( 2080 ); and   wherein the framing member first end is disposed within the base plate groove and   a weld ( 3000 ) joins the framing member and the base plate.   
     
     
         2 . The knee wall support assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the framing member is in frictional contact with one of the group consisting of the first flange, the second flange, and the web. 
     
     
         3 . The knee wall support assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the framing member is in frictional contact with the first flange, the second flange and the web. 
     
     
         4 . The knee wall support assembly of  claim 1 , wherein there is a gap between the base plate groove wall and the framing member having a distance between the base plate groove wall and the framing member. 
     
     
         5 . The knee wall support assembly of  claim 2 , wherein there is a gap between the base plate groove wall and the framing member having a distance between the base plate groove wall and the framing member. 
     
     
         6 . The knee wall support assembly of  claim 4 , wherein there is a gap between the base plate groove wall and the framing member having a distance between the base plate groove wall and the framing member. 
     
     
         7 . The knee wall support assembly of  claim 1  further comprising a first lip extending from the first flange and a second lip extending from the second flange. 
     
     
         8 . The knee wall support assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the framing member is a unitary piece of cold rolled steel. 
     
     
         9 . A framing assembly comprising the knee wall support assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the framing assembly has a vertical mating stud wherein the framing assembly has a wall face, and the knee wall support assembly is oriented so that the web is parallel to the wall face. 
     
     
         10 . A framing assembly comprising the knee wall support assembly of  claim 1 , comprising a vertical mating stud, wherein the framing assembly has a wall face, and the knee wall support assembly is oriented so that the web is perpendicular to the wall face. 
     
     
         11 . The framing assembly of  claim 10 , wherein there is only one stud per knee wall assembly per vertical mating stud.