Abstract: Profile device comprising a U-profile piece formed from a sheet-metal blank and comprising a bottom web and two substantially parallel branches connected thereto, the profile piece having a longitudinal direction and at least one cut through a first of the branches and through the web, so that the profile piece is bendable in the plane of the web around an axis normal to the web plane, and a sheet-metal element being provided along the U-profile piece in order to bridge over the cut and being connectable with profile piece portions, spaced-apart by the cut.