Patent ID: 6148576
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A wall construction comprising an inner structural element having an outer face, said outer face being formed with a first spacer receptor,an outer weatherskin element having an inner face formed with a second spacer receptor aligned with said first spacer receptor, said inner structural element being spaced from said outer weatherskin element,a spacer having a center portion and first and second ends shaped to engage within said first and second spacer receptors, respectively,said spacer receptors each having an inner portion and a throat slightly wider than said center portion of said spacer and narrower than a respective one of said spacer ends, andwherein the thickness of each said respective spacer end is narrower than a respective throat allowing said respective spacer end to pass through said respective throat and the width of each said respective spacer end is wider than said respective throat so as to prevent removal of each said respective spacer end from a respective spacer receptor and locate said outer weatherskin element a desired distance from said structural element upon 90.degree. rotation of said spacer about its longitudinal axis, andwherein said spacer receptors have lengths substantially greater than the widths of said spacer ends,said spacers being located below an upper surface of said inner structural element a distance substantially greater than the widths of said spacer ends.