Panelized veneer with backer-to-backer locators
AssigneeBoral Stone Products LLC
InventorsDAVID H. WOLF, Harold C. Attebery II, Jeffrey E. Klotz, James J. Dottavio, David C. Hines, Joy M. Stickel, Joshua Broehl, Jamison Float
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Abstract
A cast veneer wall panel includes a backing panel having a rear face and a front face. The front face includes a boundary wall and a continuous abutment extending around a perimeter of a casting field. The cast veneer wall panel further includes a facing panel formed from a cast material that is received and held within the casting field. The facing panel includes at least one design element.
Claims39
A cast veneer wall panel, comprising:
- a backing panel including a rear face and a front face, said front face including a casting field at least partially encircled by a boundary wall;
- a facing panel formed from a cast material received and held within said casting field, said facing panel including at least one design element.
A cast veneer wall panel, comprising:
- a backing panel including (a) a rear face, (b) a front facing including a casting field, (c) at least one locating slot along a first edge and (d) at least one locating tab along a second edge;
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- a facing panel formed from a cast material received and held on said casting field, said facing panel including at least one design element.
A backing panel for a cast veneer wall panel, comprising:
- a body including a rear face and a front face, said front face including a casting field at least partially encircled by a boundary wall.
A backing panel for a cast veneer wall panel, comprising:
- a body including (a) a rear face, (b) a front face including a cast field, (c) at least one locating slot along a first edge and (d) at least one locating tab along a second edge.
A method of installing cast veneer wall panels to a support structure, comprising:
- fastening a first cast veneer wall panel to said support structure;
- aligning cooperating tabs and slots provided on said first cast veneer wall panel and a second cast veneer wall panel;
- engaging said tabs in said slots;
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- fastening said second wall panel to said support structure.
A method of simplifying installation of cast veneer wall panels on a support structure, comprising:
- reducing the number of fasteners required to secure said cast veneer wall panels to said support structure and conveniently aligning said cast veneer wall panels for installation by providing said cast veneer wall panels with cooperating locating tabs and slots that are engaged during wall panel installation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.