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US 5,815,986 AGranted
Masonry end dam
OwnerWalter A. Laskainventor
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Abstract
An end dam for a masonry wall comprising three orthogonal rectilinear planar structures each joined, at a common corner and two adjacent sides, and an adhesive disposed along an outer surface of at least one of the three planar structures. The end dam being used along either end of a flashing lying along the outer surface of a lintel within an opening in a wall structure so as to allow for continuous drainage of moisture flowing downward within a drainage space of the wall structure.
Claims3
A masonry wall system having an inner vertical layer and an outer vertical layer, in intimate vertical association one to another, the masonry wall system comprising:
- a lintel, over an opening of the wall system, supporting the inner and outer vertical layers in intimate vertical association on either side of a vertical rib extending longitudinally along an upper surface of the lintel;
- a flashing extending longitudinally along an outer surface of the lintel, between the lintel and the supported outer vertical layer with an upper edge of the flashing penetrating a horizontal joint of the inner vertical layer above the rib of the lintel and a lower edge of the flashing extending out of the wall system above a lower edge of the lintel;
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- an end dam bonded to the flashing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.