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Patent US7516583 - Method and apparatus for erecting wall panels - Google Patents
The wall panel system of the present invention includes a flexible sheet interlock to flexibly seal a joint defined by adjacent perimeter framing members and a capillary break to inhibit the entry of water into drainage or weep holes in gutters in the perimeter framing members....http://www.google.com/patents/US7516583?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7516583 - Method and apparatus for erecting wall panels
Publication number US7516583 B2
Application number US 10/437,549
Also published as CA2255535A1, CA2255535C, US5916100, US6330772, US7272913, US7614191, US20020026758, US20020134034, US20030192270, US20070094965
Publication number 10437549, 437549, US 7516583 B2, US 7516583B2, US-B2-7516583, US7516583 B2, US7516583B2
Inventors Everett Lee Mitchell
Original Assignee Elward Systems Corporation
Patent Citations (98), Non-Patent Citations (50), Referenced by (14), Classifications (16), Legal Events (5)
US 7516583 B2
The present application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/886,297 filed Jun. 20, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,272,913, which is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/334,124 filed Jun. 15, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,330,772, which is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/989,748, filed Dec. 12, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,916,100, each of which is incorporated herein by this reference.
The relative dimensions of the capillary break 74 are important to its performance. Preferably, the height “HC” (FIG. 2) of the capillary break 74 is at least about 100%, and more preferably ranges from about 125% to about 200%, of the distance “‘D’” (FIG. 2) between the free end 124 of the capillary break 74 and the opposing surface 110 of the recess 82.
The perimeter framing members 304 a,b (FIG. 22) are in the interlocked position for mounting the panels on a support surface. Note that FIG. 22 shows the parallel surfaces 412 a and 412 b of the peripheral edges of the panels 54 n and 54 p, wherein each of the surfaces 412 a and 412 b engage an interior surface of a corresponding pocket 289 of one of the perimeter framing members 304 a and 304 b (such perimeter framing members also referred to as panel receiving members hereinbelow). Moreover, the panels 54 n and 54 p are spaced apart from one another by a channel or gap 424, wherein the channel or gap is bounded by facing sides, each side being provided by a different one of first and second perimeter framing members 304 a and 304 b, and each side being an exterior surface of one of the pockets 289 receiving a corresponding peripheral edge of one of the panels 54 n and 54 p.
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U.S. Classification 52/235, 52/302.3, 52/474, 52/506.01, 52/302.1
International Classification E04F19/06, E04B2/90, E04F13/08, E04B2/88
Cooperative Classification Y10T137/048, E04F13/0826, E04F19/06, E04F13/0889
European Classification E04F13/08R, E04F13/08B2C8F, E04F19/06
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