Water-Shedding Flashings
AssigneeMitek Holdings, Inc.
InventorRonald P. Hohmann, JR.
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Abstract
A water-shedding flashing is sized and shaped to drain water away from a building. The flashing includes an elongate flexible membrane including a matrix and hydrophobic material within the matrix. The hydrophobic material within the matrix is present at surfaces of the membrane in quantities to reduce surface adhesion of water on the elongate flexible membrane.
Claims17
A water-shedding flashing sized and shaped to drain water away from a building, the flashing comprising an elongate flexible membrane including a matrix and hydrophobic material within the matrix, the hydrophobic material within the matrix being present at surfaces of the membrane in quantities to reduce surface adhesion of water on the elongate flexible membrane.
A method of making a water-shedding flashing comprising:
- providing a matrix material;
- introducing a hydrophobic material to the matrix material;
- mixing the matrix material and the hydrophobic material to form a matrix;
- extruding an elongate flexible membrane sized and shaped to drain water away from a building from the matrix to form a water-shedding flashing having the hydrophobic material present at the surfaces of the elongate flexible membrane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.