Patent ID: 8833025

Claim:
A polymeric bracket system for supporting exterior cladding units on a substrate of a building structure, comprising: a plurality of polymeric anchor members, wherein each of the anchor members include an anchor section and an anchor connection landing, wherein the anchor section is adapted to couple to the substrate of the building structure; a plurality of support members, wherein each of the support members include a support section and a support connection landing, wherein the support section is adapted to couple to an exterior cladding unit, and further wherein the support connection landing is adapted to couple to the anchor connection landing, with the support section includes an interior surface and an exterior surface, a t-shaped channel extending laterally and opening to one of the interior surface and the exterior surface thereof, and having a pair of opposing support channel tabs, with a support insert being slidably positionable therealong, and extending along a length with the support insert being captured within the opposing support channel tabs; a leveling assembly associated with the anchor connection section and the support connection section, the leveling assembly comprising; a plurality of apertures disposed on the anchor connection landing of the polymeric anchor members and a plurality of apertures disposed on the support connection landing of the support members, wherein the apertures of the anchor connection landing and the support connection landing are adapted to align with one another in assembly to form sets of aligned apertures, at least one adjustable connecting fastener adapted to extend through any one of the sets of aligned apertures of the anchor connection landing and the support connection landing, wherein at least one of the apertures of the sets of aligned apertures comprises horizontally disposed oblong apertures for accommodating variations in the substrate of the building structure, such that the polymeric anchor members and the support members can be positioned with respect to one another to accommodate for variations in the substrate of the building structure to provide level exterior cladding units; and the plurality of polymeric anchor members adapted to provide a thermal break between the exterior cladding units and the substrate of the building structure.