Patent ID: 7673421
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A stucco wall device configured for use at a construction joint location, the device comprising: a first member having a front leg and a back leg that extend side-by-side in a vertical direction, a lower end of the front leg defining a sloped screed adapted to direct water away from the wall, the sloped screed having weep holes for additional water drainage, and the front leg comprising a plurality of bends above the sloped screed such that the front leg cooperates with the back leg to define a space between a forward surface of the back leg and a rearward surface of the front leg, the front leg and the back leg defining a bottom opening to the space; a second member including an extension leg configured to extend through the bottom opening and into the space between the front leg and the back leg of the first member, wherein the bottom opening is sized to tightly receive the extension leg, the second member further comprising a flashing leg below the extension leg and configured to keep water from entering the stucco wall, and a fastening leg below the flashing leg; wherein the extension leg is movable within the space to permit relative vertical movement between the first member and the second member while inhibiting the infiltration of water between the front leg of the first member and the extension leg of the second member, and wherein each of the first member and the second member are bowed along a vertical direction such that, when the first member and the second member are assembled to one another, a central portion of a rear surface of the device is spaced forward of a plane containing an upper end and a lower end of the rear surface of the device.