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US 10,011,997 B1Granted
System and method for mounting wall panels to a wall
OwnerHenry H. Bilgeinventor
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Abstract
A system for mounting wall panels to an existing wall, including a plurality of fastening extrusions, each fastening extrusion including a base section adapted to be secured to the existing wall, at least one retaining wall extending at an angle from the base section, and a holding member on each retaining wall for holding one end of a wall panel to a respective the fastening extrusion; and wherein at least some adjacent retaining walls have different heights from each other so as to impart a three-dimensional appearance to the wall panels mounted to the existing wall.
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A fastening extrusion for mounting a wall panel to an existing wall, comprising:
- an extrusion base adapted to be secured to the existing wall, said extrusion base having an upper surface,
- a first retaining wall extending at an angle from said extrusion base,
- a first holding member on said retaining wall, said first holding member having a free end spaced inwardly from a free end of said extrusion base, and
- a first bent wall extending from the extrusion base to a position above an entirety of the upper surface in a direction toward said holding member to form a gap between the bent wall and the holding member to receive and sandwich one side of the wall panel between the first bent wall and the holding member in such a manner that an entire lower surface of the wall panel is held in spaced relation above the entirety of the upper surface of the extrusion base, the first bent wall:
- spaced from said first retaining wall to provide an open area therebetween,
- spaced from the free end of said extrusion base so as to define a tail of said extrusion base adapted to be secured to the existing wall, and
- extending above an upper surface of said extrusion base.
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A fastening extrusion for mounting a wall panel to an existing wall, comprising:
- an extrusion base adapted to be secured to the existing wall,
- a first retaining wall extending at an angle from said extrusion base, said extrusion base having an upper surface,
- a first holding member on said retaining wall, said first holding member having a free end spaced inwardly from a free end of said extrusion base, and
- a first bent wall extending from the extrusion base to a position above an entirety of the upper surface in a direction toward said holding member to form a gap between the bent wall and the holding member to receive and sandwich one side of the wall panel between the first bent wall and the holding member in such a manner that an entire lower surface of the wall panel is held in spaced relation above the entirety of the upper surface of the extrusion base, the first bent wall:
- spaced from said first retaining wall to provide an open area therebetween,
- spaced from the free end of said extrusion base so as to define a tail of said extrusion base adapted to be secured to the existing wall, and
- extending above an upper surface of said extrusion base;
- wherein the retaining wall includes a lower bend that forms a bulge on a surface of the retaining wall which faces the bent wall to further support the first wall panel.
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A fastening extrusion for mounting a wall panel to an existing wall, comprising:
- an extrusion base adapted to be secured to the existing wall,
- a first retaining wall extending at an angle from said extrusion base, said extrusion base having an upper surface,
- a first holding member on said retaining wall, said first holding member having a free end spaced inwardly from a free end of said extrusion base, and
- a first bent wall extending from the extrusion base to a position above an entirety of the upper surface in a direction toward said holding member to form a gap between the bent wall and the holding member to receive and sandwich one side of the wall panel between the first bent wall and the holding member in such a manner that an entire lower surface of the wall panel is held in spaced relation above the entirety of the upper surface of the extrusion base, the first bent wall:
- spaced from said first retaining wall to provide an open area therebetween,
- spaced from the free end of said extrusion base so as to define a tail of said extrusion base adapted to be secured to the existing wall, and
- extending above an upper surface of said extrusion base;
- wherein the retaining wall includes an upper bulge on a surface of the retaining wall which faces the bent wall for accommodating thermal expansion of outer metal sheets of the wall panel separate from a central core of the wall panel in the gap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.