Magnet receptive panels and methods
AssigneeUnited States Gypsum Company
InventorsSalvatore Immordino, Vittorio A. Immordino, David D. Pelot, Kevin W. Moyer, Jr., Terry L. Rosenstiel
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Abstract
Provided are building panels comprising at least one magnet receptive element, methods for making such panels, and kits and methods for attaching objects to a panel without nails or screws.
Claims15
A building panel comprising a magnet receptive element, wherein the panel comprises a gypsum core covered on at least one side with a paper sheet and the magnet receptive element positioned in at least one of the folowing locations:
- embedded in the gypsum core, embedded in the paper sheet, adjacent to at least one surface of the gypsum core, adjacent to at least one surface of the the paper sheet, or a combination thereof;
- and wherein
- at least one magnet receptive element comprises at least one of the following:
- a tape comprising a ferromagnetic material and a paint prepared with a magnet receptive material.
A method for making a building panel, the method comprising positioning at least one magnet receptive element on the building panel;
- wherein the panel comprises a gypsum core covered on at least one side with a paper sheet and the magnet receptive element positioned in at least one of the following locations:
- embedded in the gypsum core, embedded in the paper sheet, adjacent to at least one surface of the gypsum core, adjacent to at least one surface of the paper sheet, or a combination thereof;
- and
- wherein at least one magnet receptive element comprises at least one of the following:
- a tape comprising a ferromagnetic material and a paint prepared with a magnet receptive material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.