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US 6,827,179 B2Granted
Sound barrier system
AssigneeCommonwealth Industries, Inc.
InventorsChristina M. Drake, Terry A. Murphy, Scott J. Federico, Joe C. Anderson, Paul S. Pirkle, Patrick D. King, Stephen P. Kozusko, Michael C. Westfall
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Abstract
The present invention provides a sound barrier system 10 including a sound barrier panel 20 having a face skin panel 30 held in spaced relation from a back skin panel 40 by a filler material 50. Each sound barrier panel 20 is provided with a tongue and groove design that permits panels 20 to be stacked in an interlocking fashion without fastening hardware.
Claims19
A sound barrier system for reducing the sound transmitted between a source of sound and a destination comprising:
- a sound barrier panel having a face skin panel adapted to face the source of sound and a back skin panel held in spaced relation thereto by a filler material, the face skin panel having a pair of opposed sides, a top side having a groove therein, and a bottom side having a tongue portion depending therefrom,
- the back skin panel having a pair of opposed sides, a top side having a tongue portion depending therefrom, and a bottom side having a groove therein;
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- wherein a plurality of sound barrier panels may be interlocked one atop another whereby the tongue portions of the back skin panel and the groove portions of the face skin panel of a first sound barrier panel are received by the complementary tongue and groove portions of a second sound barrier panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.