Polymer-Based Bracket System For Exterior Cladding
AssigneeAdvanced Architectural Products, LLC
InventorG. Matt Krause
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Abstract
A system for supporting exterior panels or cladding units on a building substrate. The system includes a plurality of polymeric bracket members, wherein each of the polymeric bracket members further includes an anchor section, adapted to be coupled to the building substrate, and a support section adapted to couple to the exterior cladding unit. In assembly, as disposed between the building substrate and the exterior cladding units, the polymeric bracket members provide a thermal break from the exterior cladding units to the building substrate.
Claims20
A bracket member for attachment to a building substrate comprising:
- a bracket member comprising having an elongated configuration, being a polymer and having a cross-sectional configuration defined by:
- a web section having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and, a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, with the first side extending between the first and second end, and the second side extending between the first and second end opposite the first side;
- a support section having an exterior surface and an interior surface, the support section positioned at the first end of the web section and integrally formed therewith, the support section extending to the first side of the web section, the interior surface further defining a channel structurally configured to slidably receive an elongated insert therein;
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- an anchor section having an exterior side and an interior side, the anchor section positioned at the second end of the web section and integrally formed therewith, the anchor section having a first portion extending to the first side of the web section and a second portion extending to the second side of the web section, the interior side of the first portion defining a first channel structurally configured to slidably receive an elongated insert therein, the interior side of the second portion defining a second channel structurally configured to slidably receive an elongated insert therein.
A bracket member for attachment to a building substrate comprising:
- a bracket member comprising having an elongated configuration, being a polymer and having a cross-sectional configuration defined by:
- a web section having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and, a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, with the first side extending between the first and second end, and the second side extending between the first and second end opposite the first side;
- a support section having an exterior surface, perpendicular to the web section, and an interior surface, the support section positioned at the first end of the web section and integrally formed therewith, the support section extending to the first side of the web section, the interior surface further defining a channel structurally configured to slidably receive an elongated insert therein;
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- an anchor section having an exterior side, perpendicular to the web section and parallel to the exterior surface of the support section, and an interior side, the anchor section positioned at the second end of the web section and integrally formed therewith, the anchor section extending to the second side of the web section, the interior side of the second portion defining a channel structurally configured to slidably receive an elongated insert therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.