Patent ID: 11905713
Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 14:
15. A system arranged and configured to couple a plurality of tiles to a building, said system comprising:
a plurality of tiles including an upper tile and a lower tile, each tile including a top edge portion and a bottom edge portion;
a plurality of support tracks arranged and configured to be coupled to the building, said support tracks including a base, first and second sidewalls extending from said base, and first and second flanges extending from said first and second sidewalls, respectively; and
a plurality of gaskets, each gasket being arranged and configured to couple to one of said support tracks via a snap fitted connection;
wherein:
each of said first and second flanges of said support tracks includes a plurality of clips arranged and configured to couple with one of the plurality of tiles;
each of the plurality of clips is integrally formed with said first and second flanges of said support tracks; and
each of said plurality of clips include a first, downwardly extending channel arranged and configured to hold said top edge portion of said lower tile and a second, upwardly extending channel arranged and configured to hold said bottom edge portion of said upper tile.