Patent ID: 6363674
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
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 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 having first and second portions, said first portion extending from said web portion in a direction towards the other of said channels, said second portion extending from said first portion in a direction towards the other of said flanges of the same channel; a foam insulation member extending between said web portions of said channels and having first and second oppositely facing surfaces, said first facing surface corresponding to said first flanges of said channels and said second facing surface corresponding to said second flanges of said channels, said first and second oppositely facing surfaces each adapted to engage said corresponding first and second flanges to thereby secure said channels to said foam insulation member; and each 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 web portions of said channels of each panel is in abutting contact with a web portion of a channel of an adjacent panel.