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US 6,330,772 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for erecting wall panels
AssigneeElward Systems Corporation
InventorsEverett Lee Mitchell, Jed D. Mitchell
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Abstract
The wall panel system of the present invention includes a flexible sheet interlock to flexibly seal a joint defined by adjacent perimeter framing members and a capillary break to inhibit the entry of water into drainage or weep holes in gutters in the perimeter framing members.
Claims30
A wall system, comprising:
- (a) a panel having a groove in a first surface of the panel;
- (b) a perimeter framing member for engaging a peripheral edge of the panel, the perimeter framing member having two opposing surfaces forming a pocket for receiving the panel;
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- (c) an attachment member having a first bearing surface to be received in the groove in the first surface of the panel and a second bearing surface engaging a surface of the perimeter framing member to align and hold the panel in the pocket, wherein at least a portion of the attachment member is to be positioned between an opposing surface of the pocket and a surface of the panel
- wherein the second bearing surface engages a surface of the perimeter framing member located outside of the pocket, when the panel is engaged with the attachment member.
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A wall system, comprising:
- (a) a panel having a groove in a first surface of the panel;
- (b) a perimeter framing member for engaging a peripheral edge of the panel, the perimeter framing member having two opposing surfaces forming a pocket for receiving the panel;
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- (c) an attachment member having a first bearing surface to be received in the groove in the first surface of the panel and a second bearing surface engaging a surface of the perimeter framing member, to align and hold the panel in the pocket, wherein the perimeter framing member surface is located outside the pocket;
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- (d) a retention member engaging a surface of the attachment member and a surface of the perimeter framing member retaining the attachment member in position when the attachment member is engaged with the panel.
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A wall system, comprising:
- (a) a panel having first and second surfaces and a groove in the first surface of the panel;
- (b) at least one perimeter framing member engaging the panel, the at least one perimeter framing member having two opposing first and second surfaces forming a pocket receiving the panel;
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- (c) an attachment member, the attachment member being received in the groove to align and hold the panel in the pocket, the attachment member having a second bearing surface;
- wherein the second bearing surface engages a surface of the at least one perimeter framing member located outside of the pocket, when the panel is engaged with the attachment member.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.