Wall attachment clip, wall panel system, and system and method for supporting wall panels
AssigneeRedglaze Group, LLC
InventorJOSEPH J. FORAL
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Abstract
A clip for attaching and supporting wall panels to a building (such as for an exterior building envelope), a wall panel system, and systems and methods for supporting wall panels is provided. The clip includes a main body portion, a first extension portion, a second extension portion, and a face portion. The clip is used with a system of interlocking vapor barrier wall panels to support the wall panels and affix them to a building frame without compromising the vapor barrier. Exterior façade panels can also be affixed to the clip and building frame without compromising the vapor barrier.
Claims23
A clip for attaching and supporting a wall panel to a building structure, said clip comprising:
- a main body portion having a first end and a second end opposite said first end;
- an extension portion having a first end located at said second end of said main body portion and extending away from the building structure in a direction substantially perpendicular to said main body portion;
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- a face portion located at a second end of said extension portion and extending in a direction such that said face portion and said main body portion are substantially parallel planes.
A method of attaching and supporting a wall panel to a building structure, said method comprising:
- affixing a clip to a stud element of the building structure through a hole in an edge portion of a first panel, said clip comprising:
- a main body portion having a first end and a second end opposite said first end;
- an extension portion having a first end located at said second end of said main body portion and extending away from the building structure in a direction substantially perpendicular to the main body portion;
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- a face portion located at a second end of said extension portion and extending in a direction such that said face portion and said main body portion are substantially parallel planes;
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- interlocking said first panel with an adjacent panel such that said hole in the edge portion of the first panel is covered by an overlapping portion of said adjacent panel, the interlocking, overlapping first and adjacent panels forming a vapor barrier seal.
A method of attaching and supporting a wall panel to a building structure, said method comprising:
- affixing a first clip to a stud element of the building structure through a hole in an edge portion of a first panel;
- interlocking said first panel with an adjacent panel such that said hole in the edge portion of the first panel is covered by an overlapping portion of said adjacent panel, the interlocking, overlapping first and adjacent panels forming a vapor barrier seal between said first panel and said adjacent panel;
- affixing a second clip to a stud element of the building structure through a hole in an edge portion of said adjacent panel;
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- affixing a hat subgirt to said first and second clips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.