Patent ID: 6032426
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
A prefab building or mobile home wall construction consisting essentially of:(a) an underlying frame member;(b) overlying weather panels defining a seam adjacent to or crossing over said frame member wherein each, said weather panel defines an edge and said panel edges are positioned at said seam to define said seam;(c) a lengthwise T-shaped, single piece, protective strip positioned behind said panels and having a flat, planar, solid, monolithic, smooth-sided back plate with an elongate flat, planar, solid, monolithic, smooth-sided spline therealong positioned and clamped with said spline between said panels and said panels clamp said strip so that water intrusion is limited;(d) said panels have a common surface defining a building outer wall surface and said frame is protected in said wall by said strip to reduce water intrusion and related damage; and(e) said protective stay spline is at a right angle to said back plate and centered between a pair of parallel edges and wherein said spline has a height equal to or less than the thickness of said weather panels.