Patent ID: 6854228

Claim:
A prefabricated composite building panel comprising: a rectangular core of insulating material having first and second opposed lateral sides defining a width dimension therebetween, first and second opposed transverse ends defining a length dimension therebetween, and opposed first and second surfaces defining a thickness dimension therebetween; a rectangular board layer having first and second opposed lateral sides defining a width dimension therebetween, first and second opposed transverse ends defining a length dimension therebetween, and opposed first and second surfaces, and the width and length dimensions of the rectangular core of insulating material and the rectangular board being substantially identical to one another; a plastic channel secured about and encapsulating a perimeter edge of the rectangular core of insulating material; a skin attached to the second surface of the rectangular core of insulating material; and the second surface of said rectangular board layer being attached to the first surface of the rectangular core of insulating material such that a portion of the rectangular core of insulating material, on the first lateral side and on the first transverse end, being recessed with respect to the adjacent first lateral side and the adjacent first transverse end of the rectangular board layer, and a portion of the rectangular core of insulating material, on the second lateral side and on the second transverse end, protruding with respect to an adjacent second lateral side and an adjacent second transverse end of the rectangular board layer.