Patent ID: 6516578
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
An expanded polystyrene foam panel for use in a thin brick panel system with thin bricks,wherein the expanded polystyrene foam panel has a front side, a back side, a left side, a right side, a top side and a bottom side, wherein said back side has at least one depression adapted to provide increased surface area for an adhesive used to adhere the back side to a substrate, wherein said front side has a plurality of laterally extending channels that each are sized and adapted to receive a plurality of thin brick units initially held by an adhesive to the channels, wherein said channels are each defined by a pair of laterally extending spacing members that are integrally formed with said panel, wherein said plurality of laterally extending spacing members are positioned to provide proper spacing between the thin brick units to enable the thin brick units to form rows, and wherein each laterally extending spacing member has a height that is less than the thickness of the thin brick units and each laterally extending spacing member has a width that is sufficient to enable a mortar joint to be formed on each laterally extending spacing member between rows of thin brick units.