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US 12,607,007 B2Granted
Drainable house wrap
AssigneeKeene Building Products Co., Inc.
InventorJames R. Keene
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Abstract
A drainable house wrap and method of making same includes a flexible weather-resistant sheet layer, and a plurality of raised spacers coupled to the sheet layer, wherein each spacer comprises at least a first strand overlapping a second strand, and wherein the plurality of raised spacers form at least one drainage path for the drainable house wrap.
Claims18
A drainable house wrap, comprising:
- a flexible weather-resistant sheet layer, and
- a plurality of raised spacers attached to the weather-resistant sheet layer, wherein the plurality of raised spacers are separated from one another to define at least one drainage flow path between adjacent ones of the plurality of raised spacers;
- each of the plurality of raised spacers formed from a first strand and a second strand which partially overlaps the first strand;
- each of the raised spacers comprises segments formed along a length thereof, the segments of each raised spacer are spaced apart from one another by transverse air flow channels, the air flow channels provide a direction of air flow between adjacent segments that is crosswise to a direction of the drainage flow path.
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