US 9,850,666 B2 · Panel system for covering a building wall

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a panel system for covering a building wall. The panel system includes at least one panel assembly. Each panel assembly includes a panel having a front panel wall, a side panel wall, and a back mounting flange overhanging the front panel wall. Each panel also includes at least one perimeter extrusion. Each perimeter extrusion includes a panel engaging portion having a panel slot shaped to receive the back mounting flange of the panel, and a connector engaging portion having a connector slot. The panel system also includes at least one connector extrusion for mounting the panel assembly to the building wall. Each connector extrusion includes a connector base mountable to the building wall, and at least one connector flange shaped to fit in the connector slot of the perimeter extrusion.

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Dependent claims

A building panel mounted to a building wall, the building panel comprising:

a front panel wall;
a plurality of side panel walls extending along a perimeter of the front panel wall;
and
a plurality of back mounting flanges,
each back mounting flange extending from a respective side panel wall of the plurality of side panel walls,
each back mounting flange overhanging the front panel wall,
each back mounting flange extending in length from a first flange end to a second flange end,
the plurality of back mounting flanges including at least a first back mounting flange and a second back mounting flange, and
the first flange end of the first back mounting flange including a flange protrusion received in a flange recess of the second flange end of the second back mounting flange.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/701,610Filed 1 May 2015 · us provisional application

Priority

30 May 2014

Published

US 2015/0345152 A13 Dec 2015

Granted

26 Dec 2017

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

E04F 13/0816
With additional fastening elements between furring elements and covering elements: the additional fastening elements extending into the back side…
E04F 13/0848
The fastening elements engaging holes or grooves in the side faces of the covering elements: specially adapted for thin sheet-like materials, e.g.…
E04F 13/0875
Composed of a plurality of similar covering or lining elements,: having a basic insulating layer and at least one covering layer
E04F 13/0891
Characterised by the joints between neighbouring elements, e.g. with joint fillings or with tongue and groove connections: with joint fillings

Panel system for covering a building wall

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Panel system for covering a building wall

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Abstract

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