Patent ID: 9388567
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: E04B,E04F,E06B

Claim Text:
1. A water-stopping flange-covering member suitable for use in a building having a flanged opening member and an exterior building material, for waterproofing a boundary portion between the flanged opening member and the exterior building material, wherein the building includes a frame member, and a wall backing material that is mounted to the frame member and is located between the frame member and an interior side of the exterior building material; and the flanged opening member includes an opening member body, and a flange having a first width that extends outward from an outer surface of the opening member body, which the flange is capable of being fixed on an exterior-facing side of the frame member; the water-stopping flange-covering member comprising: a vertical plate portion having a frame-facing side capable of being fixed to at least one of the wall backing material and the frame member, and which is capable of being located between the wall backing material or frame member and the exterior building material; a supporting portion provided at a first end portion of the frame-facing side of the vertical plate portion; and a sealing member joined to the supporting portion and capable of preventing entry of water by abutting the opening member body, wherein the vertical plate portion possesses a width that is greater than the first width of the outwardly extending flange and is also greater than an interval existing between the opening member body and the exterior building material, the vertical plate portion is capable of being fixed to at least one of the wall backing material and the frame member at a position spaced apart from a furthest edge of the flange outwardly extending from the opening member body and with the sealing member abutting an outer surface of the opening member body, the vertical plate portion includes an abutment portion capable of concealing the sealing member while abutting the outer surface of the opening member body, the abutment portion is formed to extend in an exterior-facing direction of the building, and the supporting portion is formed to extend in an interior-facing direction of the building when the vertical plate portion abuts the outer surface of the opening member body.