Patent ID: 8141310

Claim:
A structure for the support and drainage of a thin brick façade that comprises: a sheet that has a front face and an opposed back, a first lateral side edge and an opposed second lateral side edge, a longitudinal top edge and a longitudinally bottom edge, the front defines a plurality of longitudinally aligned channels, the channels defined by a pair of approximately parallel longitudinally aligned partitions, the pair of partitions separated by a wall of the front face, the partitions project forward from the front face, the channel adapted to receive and support thin bricks, a first partitions that defines an approximately V-shape comprising of an upward facing, first portion that defines a first plurality of apertures, each aperture of the first plurality of apertures defines a first alignment perpendicular to the longitudinal alignment of the partition, a second partition that defines an approximately V-shape comprising of an upward facing, first portion that defines a second plurality of apertures, each aperture of the second plurality of apertures defines a second alignment perpendicular to the longitudinal alignment of the second partition that is offset from the first alignment, each plurality of apertures positioned and aligned to redirect liquid received on the front of the sheet to the back of the sheet.