# US 10,370,861 B2 · System and method for a vented and water control siding, vented and water control sheathing and vented and water control trim-board > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,370,861 B2 - Document ID: US10370861B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/973,311 - Filed: 2018-05-07 - Published: 2018-09-06 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-02-14 - Assignees: Norwood Architecture, Inc. - Applicants: Norwood Architecture, Inc. - Inventors: Steven Norwood; Amir Abu-Jaber - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10370861B2 ## CPC - E04F 17/00: Vertical ducts; Channels, e.g. for drainage (pipes in general F16L; pipe-line systems F17D {; drainage devices in floors E03F5/04; roof drainage E04D13/04}) - E04B 1/7038: {Evacuating water from cavity walls, e.g. by using weep holes} - E04B 1/7076: {Air vents for walls} - E04F 13/007: {Outer coverings for walls with ventilating means} - E04F 13/072: composed of specially adapted, structured or shaped covering or lining elements - E04F 13/0864: {composed of superposed elements which overlap each other and of which the flat outer surface includes an acute angle with the surface to cover} - E04F: FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B) - E04B: GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of opening in walls, floors or ceilings E06B1/00; {electromagnetic shielding H05K9/0001}) ## Abstract A vented and water control paneling has improved drainage and integrated ventilation air space. The water control paneling may be fabricated with an omnidirectional relief pattern formed on its back surface. The relief pattern spaces the vented and water control paneling away from a structure to which it is secured, thereby providing an omnidirectional drainage plane between the back surface of the paneling and the structure. The omnidirectional drainage plane provides an unimpeded ventilation and drainage path of water and/or water vapor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vented and water control system, consisting essentially of: an exterior cladding panel mounted at an exterior wall of a structure, the exterior cladding panel being of one piece construction and having a front surface, a back surface, and an omnidirectional relief pattern integral with the back surface and defined by a plurality of elements that form an omnidirectional ventilation and drainage plane between the wall and the back surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vented and water control system of claim 1, the exterior cladding panel being a non-structural panel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vented and water control system of claim 1, the omnidirectional relief pattern being located on a portion, but not all of the back surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vented and water control system of claim 1, the omnidirectional relief pattern being located on an entirety of the back surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vented and water control system of claim 1, the one piece construction composed of a material selected from the group of cement, cement-based, metal, wood, wood-based, or composite. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vented and water control system of claim 1, the omnidirectional relief pattern being embossed onto the back surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The vented and water control system of claim 1, the omnidirectional relief pattern being stamped into the back surface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The vented and water control system of claim 1, the plurality of elements being a plurality of raised elements forming a grid. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The vented and water control system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of elements being a plurality of raised bumps or dots with air space on all sides. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The vented and water control system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of elements are in an egg-crate pattern. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The vented and water control system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of elements have a pyramid, square, squiggle, rectangle, or geometric shape. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The vented and water control system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of elements have a random shape. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The vented and water control system of claim 1, the plurality of elements being incuts formed into the back surface. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The vented and water control system of claim 1, the exterior cladding panel being a siding panel. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The vented and water control system of claim 1, the exterior cladding panel being a trim panel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The vented and water control system of claim 1, the exterior cladding panel composed of fiber cement, hardboard, OSB, PVC, wood fiber/resin composite, gypsum, metal, wood, woodbased, plastic, glass fiber, or composite materials thereof. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The vented and water control system of claim 1, the exterior cladding panel having a securing hole within the front surface that corresponds to at least one of the plurality of elements. ### Claim 18 A vented and water control system, consisting essentially of: an exterior cladding panel mounted at an exterior wall of a structure, the exterior cladding panel being of one piece construction and having a front surface, a back surface, and an omnidirectional relief pattern integral with the back surface and defined by a plurality of elements that form an omnidirectional ventilation and drainage plane between the wall and the back surface; and a weather resistant barrier applied to the omnidirectional relief pattern. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The vented and water control system of claim 18, the weather resistant barrier being sprayed, painted, or dipped coating.