Patent ID: 8205403
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A system for attaching panels to a structure surface comprising: one or more panels, each panel with an exterior surface and an outermost back surface, the exterior surface adapted to face away from the structure surface when attached, and the outermost back surface adapted to face toward the structure surface; an upper interlocking member at an upper end of each panel; a lower interlocking member at a lower end of each panel; a side overlapping member at each side of each panel; weep channels recessed within the outermost back surface of each panel to allow for water drainage; and a row of air chambers recessed within the outermost back surface of each panel to allow for air circulation, wherein a weep channel of the weep channels is located in between at least two of the air chambers in the row of air chambers, and wherein a contact between the upper and lower interlocking members of vertically adjacent panels forms an interlocking junction to orient an angled surface of the upper interlocking member towards the structure surface.