Mounted panel systems and methods
AssigneeTremco Cpg Inc.
InventorJohn Richard Bunting
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Abstract
A mountable panel includes a panel body and a hanger body. The panel body includes front, rear, longitudinal side and lateral side surfaces, and a channel having a recessed portion recessed from the rear surface and a leg portion extending into the panel body from a first longitudinal end of the recessed portion. The hanger body includes a base portion disposed in the recessed portion of the channel and recessed from the rear surface of the panel body, a leg portion extending forward from a first longitudinal end of the base portion and into the leg portion of the channel, and a hook portion extending rearward from the base portion.
Claims20
A panel system comprising:
- a mounting rail including a base wall portion securable to a substrate, a bight portion extending forward from the base wall portion, and a flanged portion extending vertically upward from the bight portion;
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- a panel comprising:
- a panel body having front, rear, longitudinal side and lateral side surfaces, and a channel having a recessed portion recessed from the rear surface and a leg portion extending into the panel body from a first longitudinal end of the recessed portion;
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- a hanger body having a base portion disposed in the recessed portion of the channel, a leg portion extending forward from a first longitudinal end of the base portion, into the leg portion of the channel, and a hook portion extending rearward from the base portion and over the flanged portion of the mounting rail to secure the panel on the mounting rail.
A mountable panel comprising:
- a panel body having front, rear, longitudinal side and lateral side surfaces, and a channel having a recessed portion recessed from the rear surface and a leg portion extending into the panel body from a first longitudinal end of the recessed portion;
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- a hanger body having a base portion disposed in the recessed portion of the channel and recessed from the rear surface of the panel body, a leg portion extending forward from a first longitudinal end of the base portion, into the leg portion of the channel, and a hook portion extending rearward from the base portion;
- wherein first and second lateral ends of the hanger body extend beyond the lateral side surfaces of the panel body to define apertured mounting tabs.
A method of mounting a panel to a substrate, the method comprising:
- providing a mounting rail including a base wall portion, a bight portion extending forward from the base wall portion, and a flanged portion extending vertically upward from the bight portion;
- affixing the base wall portion of the mounting rail to the substrate;
- providing a panel including a panel body including a channel having a recessed portion recessed from a rear surface of the panel body and a leg portion extending into the panel body from a first longitudinal end of the recessed portion, and a hanger body having a base portion disposed in the recessed portion of the channel, a leg portion extending forward from a first longitudinal end of the base portion, into the leg portion of the channel, and a hook portion extending rearward from the base portion;
- inserting the hook portion over the flanged portion of the mounting rail to secure the panel on the mounting rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.