Patent ID: 8973334
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: B32B,E04B,E04F,F16B

Abstract:
1. A wall assembly, comprising: a support structure comprising a plurality of metal studs; one or more elongate girts having at least one side with a substantially planar elongate girt surface; one or more insulating foam panels positioned between at least one said girt and at least one said metal stud, at least one of said insulating foam panels of said one or more insulating foam panels having a substantially planar outer panel surface, a top edge, a bottom edge, a left side edge and a right side edge; said substantially planar girt surface positioned against said substantially planar outer panel surface and spaced apart from said left and right side edges of the insulating foam panel; and, at least one fastener extending through at least one opening in at least one said girt, said fastener extending through said panels and having a terminal end attached to one said metal stud; a thermal isolator operably secured between the fastener and the girt, and wherein: the fastener has a head portion and a shaft portion with the shaft portion extending through the at least one said opening in said girt, the shaft portion having a cross-sectional width; the at least one said opening in said girt is larger than the cross-sectional width of the shaft portion to define a space therebetween; said thermal isolator occupies the space between the shaft portion and the girt within the at least one said opening, thereby preventing the shaft portion from contacting the girt; and, wherein said substantially planar girt surface is positioned directly against said substantially planar outer panel surface without the thermal isolator extending therebetween.