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US 11,447,944 B2Granted
Exterior wall panel and exterior wall panel assembly
AssigneeOikos Concept Inc.
InventorsPierre-Yves Charest, Francois Tremblay
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Abstract
The present disclosure concerns an exterior wall panel comprising a wall framework defining inner and outer wall surfaces and having peripheral edges. The exterior wall panel further comprises a vapor barrier membrane superposed to the inner wall surface and covering at least one peripheral edge and being secured thereto, a weather barrier membrane superposed to the outer wall surface and covering at least one peripheral edge and being secured thereto. The present disclosure also concerns an external wall panel assembly comprising a plurality of such external wall panels and a method for forming such an exterior wall panel assembly.
Claims25
An exterior wall panel comprising:
- a wall framework comprising a plurality of horizontal stud members and a plurality of vertical stud members defining together an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface, spaced-apart from the inner wall surface, the wall framework having a first pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges and a second pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges extending between the first pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges, the first and second pairs of spaced-apart peripheral edges extending between the inner and outer wall surfaces of the wall framework;
- a vapor barrier membrane superposed to the inner wall surface;
- a weather barrier membrane superposed to the outer wall surface;
- wherein each peripheral edge of the first pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges and each peripheral edge of the second pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges of the wall framework are covered by at least one of the vapor barrier membrane and the weather barrier membrane with said at least one of the vapor barrier membrane and the weather barrier membrane being secured thereto;
- a bonding joint extending along each peripheral edge of the first pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges and each peripheral edge of the second pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges and outwardly of the at least one of the vapor barrier membrane and the weather barrier membrane;
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- an outer siding extending outwardly of the weather barrier membrane along the outer wall surface.
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An exterior wall panel assembly, comprising a plurality of exterior wall panels configured in an adjacent and abutting configuration, each one of said plurality of exterior wall panels comprising:
- a wall framework comprising a plurality of horizontal stud members and a plurality of vertical stud members defining together an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface, spaced-apart from the inner wall surface, the wall framework having a first pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges and a second pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges extending between the first pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges, the first and second pairs of spaced-apart peripheral edges extending between the inner and outer wall surfaces of the wall framework;
- a vapor barrier membrane superposed to the inner wall surface;
- a weather barrier membrane superposed to the outer wall surface;
- wherein each peripheral edge of the first pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges and each peripheral edge of the second pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges is-are covered by at least one of the vapor barrier membrane and the weather barrier membrane with said at least one of the vapor barrier membrane and the weather barrier membrane being secured thereto;
- a bonding joint extending along each peripheral edge of the first pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges and each peripheral edge of the second pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges and outwardly of the at least one of the vapor barrier membrane and the weather barrier membrane;
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- an outer siding extending outwardly of the weather barrier membrane along the outer wall surface.
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An exterior wall panel comprising:
- a wall framework comprising a plurality of horizontal stud members and a plurality of vertical stud members defining together an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface, spaced-apart from the inner wall surface, the wall framework having a first pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges and a second pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges extending between the first pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges, the first and second pairs of spaced-apart peripheral edges extending between the inner and outer wall surfaces of the wall framework;
- a vapor barrier membrane superposed to the inner wall surface;
- a weather barrier membrane superposed to the outer wall surface;
- wherein each peripheral edge of the first pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges and each peripheral edge of the second pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges of the wall framework are covered by at least one of the vapor barrier membrane and the weather barrier membrane with said at least one of the vapor barrier membrane and the weather barrier membrane being secured thereto;
- a bonding joint extending along each peripheral edge of the first pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges and each peripheral edge of the second pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges and outwardly of the at least one of the vapor barrier membrane and the weather barrier membrane;
- an outer siding extending outwardly of the weather barrier membrane along the outer wall surface;
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- a rigid flashing having a first section superposed to the outer wall surface and a second section extending past at least one of the first pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges and the second pair of spaced-apart peripheral edges;
- wherein the first section of the rigid flashing is inserted between the wall framework and the weather barrier membrane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.