Panelized veneer with backer-to-backer locators
AssigneeBoral Stone Products LLC
InventorsDavid H. Wolf, Harold C Attebery, II, Jeffrey E. Klotz, James J. Dottavio, David C Hines, Joy M. Stickel, Joshua Broehl, Jamison Float
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Abstract
A cast veneer wall panel includes a backing panel having a rear face and a front face. The front face includes a boundary wall and a continuous abutment extending around a perimeter of a casting field. The cast veneer wall panel further includes a facing panel formed from a cast material that is received and held within the casting field. The facing panel includes at least one design element.
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A cast veneer wall panel, comprising:
- a backing panel including a first mounting flange, a rear face and a front face, said front face including a casting field encircled by a boundary wall forming a continuous abutment extending around a perimeter of said casting field, and said first mounting flange extending beyond a first portion of said backing panel, said first portion positioned adjacent said continuous abutment;
- a facing panel formed from a cast material received and held within said casting field, said facing panel including multiple design elements and a mortar bed area between said multiple design elements, said facing panel being received inside said continuous abutment.
A cast veneer wall panel, comprising:
- a backing panel including (a) a rear face, (b) a front facing including a casting field, (c) at least one locating slot extending through a first edge, and (d) at least one locating tab along a second edge;
- a facing panel formed from a cast material received and held on said casting field, said facing panel including at least one design element;
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- a first mounting flange extending beyond said first edge.
A backing panel for a cast veneer wall panel, comprising:
- a body including a rear face and a front face, said rear face including a series of dimples projecting outwardly from said rear face, said front face including a casting field encircled by a boundary wall forming a continuous abutment extending around a perimeter of said casting field;
- a first mounting flange extending beyond a first portion of said backing panel;
- at least one locating slot extending through said first portion of said backing panel, said first portion being positioned adjacent said continuous abutment, said at least one locating slot further extending into said first mounting flange;
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- at least one locating tab projecting from a second portion of said backing panel, said second portion positioned adjacent said continuous abutment, said second portion being positioned substantially opposite said first portion.
A backing panel for a cast veneer wall panel, comprising:
- a body including:
- (a) a rear face, said rear face including a concavity;
- (b) a front face including a casting field for receiving cast material, said casting field substantially encircled by a boundary wall forming an abutment extending substantially around a perimeter of said casting field;
- (c) at least one locating slot extending through a first edge, said at least one locating slot further communicating with said concavity;
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- (d) at least one locating tab along a second edge;
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- a first mounting flange extending beyond said first edge of said body, said at least one locating slot further extending into said first mounting flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.