Thin masonry veneer panel system and the fabrication thereof
OwnerEdward B. Sherryinventor
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Abstract
A system of light weight, high strength, thin masonry panels having one or more mateable seam hiding edges. The seam hiding edge may be serpentine or some other shape consistent with the masonry element chosen for the panel surface. The aforementioned thin masonry panels are used to construct patio or walkway surfaces as well as provide a decorative facing for walls, fireplaces, and the like. The thickness of the panels is limited to the range of 1 to 2 inches in order to assure a light weight for ease of construction. Each panel is a reinforced series of masonry elements such as stone or brick pavers bound together by a cement or mortar-like material. The claimed invention also includes an attachment plate for affixing the panels to other surfaces and structures.
Claims12
A thin veneer masonry panel consisting of:
- a plurality of masonry elements having a first surface forming an outer face;
- a masonry binding means;
- said masonry binding means fixedly forming said masonry elements into a panel array;
- a reinforcing means spaced subjacent to a second surface of the masonry elements and embedded in the masonry binding means;
- an attachment means fixedly attached to said reinforcing means;
- said attachment means is a steel plate having a nut with a first surface fixedly attached to said steel plate proximate a corner;
- said attachment means fixedly attached to said reinforcing means;
- said reinforcing means positioned within said concrete so that a second surface of said nut welded to said steel plate is coplanar with a back surface of said thin veneer masonry panel;
- said thin veneer masonry panel being a weight saving panel wherein a thickness of said thin veneer masonry panel lies within a range of 1.0 to 2.0 inches;
- said thin veneer masonry panel having at least three shaped edges with at least one of said edges being a mateable seam hiding edge;
- said thin veneer masonry panel being mateable with at least one adjacent thin veneer masonry panel;
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- said masonry elements being arranged in a shaped edge conforming pattern to create a seam hiding affect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.