Patent ID: 7984593

Claim:
A surface facing system for covering edifices, comprising: an under-structure attached to an edifice and including vertical intermediate profiled members, two profiled support members, and at least one exposed element accommodated therein, wherein by situating a segment ( 12 ) and a profiled holding element ( 15 ) on the front side of the profiled support members ( 1 ), a top and a bottom receiving and guiding groove ( 14 ) is formed on each profiled support member ( 1 ), wherein the at least one exposed element ( 2 ) is composed essentially of a base frame ( 5 ) and a plate-shaped element ( 6 ) connected to the base frame ( 5 ) at least via its back side, wherein the base frame ( 5 ) is composed of at least two horizontal profiled members ( 7 ) and at least two vertical profiled members ( 9 ) situated therebetween, and wherein the at least one exposed element ( 2 ) is correspondingly received in a top and a bottom receiving and guiding groove ( 14 ), on the particular profiled support members ( 1 ), as a spring via a leg ( 13 ) of the horizontal profiled members ( 7 ) of the base frame ( 5 ), wherein at least one of the vertical profiled members ( 9 ) is connected in a non-positive and form-fit manner to the horizontal profiled members ( 7 ), and wherein the other vertical profiled members ( 9 ) are connected to the horizontal profiled members ( 7 ) in a form-fit and sliding manner and wherein the plate-shaped element ( 6 ) is directly attached to the vertical profiled members ( 9 ).