Patent ID: 8898975

Claim:
A dry-hang wall panel comprising: a thin stone slab having a thickness of about 3-10 mm and an area, the thin stone slab having a front face and a rear face and edges extending therebetween; a reinforcing sheet having an area corresponding to the area of the thin stone slab, with the reinforcing sheet having a front face and a rear face and edges extending therebetween, the front face of the reinforcing sheet fixed to the rear face of the thin stone slab; a plurality of hooks; and a rear frame made of a rigid material, including i) four elongated beams connected to each other to form a rectangular structure, the beams fixed to at least the edges of the reinforcing sheet and the thin stone slab, with each of the elongated beams including 1) a coupling section, formed on a first side of each of the elongated beams for engaging the reinforcing sheet and the thin stone slab; 2) a frame section extending from the coupling section, disposed on a second side of each of the elongated beams with a thickness and a height and engaging the rear face of the reinforcing sheet; 3) a coupling groove formed by the coupling section and the frame section for receiving the edges of the thin stone slab and the edges of the reinforcing sheet for fixing the reinforcing sheet and the thin stone slab within the frame; 4) insertion holes disposed in the frame section for fixing the hooks; and 5) a lip extending from the coupling section with a thickness and a height for engaging a portion of the front face of the thin stone slab, wherein the width of the lip is less than the thickness of the frame section and the height of the lip is less than the height of the frame section; and ii) a hollow section including a space within the rectangular structure formed in the frame section of each of the elongated beams and by the reinforcing sheet.