Panel
AssigneeBluescope Steel Limited
InventorsJohn Kralic, Michael Celeban, Rodney Gallaty, Robert Klees, Glen Hampton
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Abstract
A wall/roof panel includes (a) a façade that has (i) an outer surface that defines a front surface of the panel and (ii) a rear surface and (b) a structural element connected to and supporting the façade.
Claims20
A panel for a roof that is adapted to be mounted to a structural framework of the roof, the panel including at least two components that are connected together, with the at least two components comprising:
- (a) a façade that comprises steel sheet and that has (i) an outer surface that defines a front surface of the panel and (ii) a rear surface, and
- (b) a structural element connected to and supporting the façade, the structural element comprising a profiled metal sheet having parallel ribs and parallel troughs positioned with the parallel ribs or the parallel troughs contacting and connected to the rear surface of the façade, wherein the structural element is partially behind the façade and extends partially from two sides of the façade as two exposed sections that are visible when the panel is viewed from the front in a direction looking towards the façade.
A panel for a roof that is adapted to be mounted to a structural framework of the roof, the panel including at least two components that are connected together, with the at least two components comprising:
- (a) a façade that comprises metal sheet and that has (i) an outer surface that defines a front surface of the panel and (ii) a rear surface;
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- (b) a structural element connected to and supporting the façade, the structural element comprising a profiled metal sheet having parallel ribs and parallel troughs positioned with the parallel ribs or the parallel troughs contacting and connected to the rear surface of the façade, wherein the structural element is partially behind the façade and extends partially laterally from two sides of the façade as two exposed sections that are visible when the panel is viewed from the front in a direction looking towards the façade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.