Patent ID: 6085479
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: E04B,E04C,E04F

Abstract:
An insulated building comprising:a plurality of wall support members;a plurality of wall members supported by said wall support members, each of said wall members formed from a plurality of premanufactured structural building panels each comprising;a pair of parallel structural channels extending longitudinally between said support members, each of said channels having a generally C-shaped cross section defined by a web portion having a laterally outer surface defining a plane and by first and second flanges connected at opposite ends of said web portion, each of said flanges extending from the respective web portion in a direction towards the other of said channels;third flanges extending from said web portions of each of said channels between said first and second flanges, each of said third flanges extending from the respective web portion in a direction towards the other of said channels;at least one fire retarding board having lateral side edges extending between said web portions of said channels adjacent said first flanges of said channels such that said lateral side edges are engaged between said first and third flanges, said at least one fire retarding board having a surface facing the interior of the building and an opposite exteriorly facing surface;a foam insulation member extending between said web portions of said channels and having an interiorly facing surface adjacent said at least one fire retarding board and an opposite exteriorly facing surface, said foam insulation member further having a pair of opposite lateral sides each defining a groove therein in which said second flanges of said channels are engaged; andeach of said building panels being connected to said wall support members and arranged in a side-by-side relationship such that at least one of the exterior portions of said opposite lateral sides of said foam insulation member of each panel is in abutting contact with the corresponding exterior portion of an adjacent panel.