Panelized warp-corner for buildings
AssigneeKnaphus Exterior Panel Company
InventorSteven G. Judd
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Abstract
A corner construction with improved warping flexibility may feature two panels, or walls, hinged together to form a corner and then hinged to the underlying building structure or adjacent wall construction. Any flexible connection between the two panels in the central corner and the panels and underlying building structure or wall construction may be utilized, including hinges and flexible plate supports.
Claims19
A corner construction for a building, said building having at least two walls, the corner construction comprising:
- two corner panels each having two vertical edges adjacent to one of the two walls;
- at least one connection between each panel and each wall, forming wall joints;
- at least one connection between the panels forming a corner joint;
- at least one of the connections being load bearing and supporting the weight of the two panels, transmitting the load to at least one of the walls;
- each connection being deformable, enabling rotation of the panels relative to each other and the walls.
A configuration of a corner construction of a building, comprising:
- a first wall and a second wall, wherein both the first wall and the second wall are connected to a building;
- a first panel connected to the first wall by a first flexible hinge and a second flexible hinge;
- a second panel connected to the second wall by a third flexible hinge and a fourth flexible hinge;
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- the first panel and the second panel connected to each other by at least one flexible corner hinge with the first panel and the second panel and the corner hinge forming a corner construction, wherein the weight of the corner construction is supported by the first, second, third, and fourth flexible hinges.
A corner construction for a building, comprising:
- a first wall and a second wall, wherein both the first wall and the second wall are connected to a building;
- a first panel connected to the first wall by at least one flexible wall connection;
- a second panel connected to the second wall by at least one flexible wall connection;
- the first panel connected to a first corner support by at least one flexible panel connection;
- the second panel connected to a second corner support by at least one flexible panel connection;
- the first corner support connected to the second corner support by at least one flexible corner connection;
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- the first panel, the second panel, the flexible panel connections, the first corner support, the second corner support, and the flexible corner connection forming a corner construction, wherein the weight of the corner construction is supported by the wall connections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.