Patent ID: 9593488
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: E04B,E04C,E04D

Claim:
1. An interlocking panel system for a building structure, the interlocking panel system comprising: a plurality of metal panels, each of the plurality of metal panels including first and second side edges and a drain channel, wherein each of the plurality of metal panels defines a relief; a first laterally adjacent metal panel of the plurality of metal panels; and a second laterally adjacent metal panel of the plurality of metal panels, wherein the second laterally adjacent metal panel is selectively disposed over at least a portion of the drain channel of the first laterally adjacent metal panel, and wherein engagement of one of the first and second side edges of the first laterally adjacent metal panel with the second laterally adjacent metal panel defines a seam between the first and second laterally adjacent metal panels, wherein at least a portion of the seam cooperatively includes a portion of each relief of the first and second laterally adjacent metal panels.