Patent ID: 7735277

Claim:
A simulated brick building panel consisting essentially of: a) a substantially rectangular fiber cement board; b) an acrylic paint and sand mixture sprayed onto a facing of said cement board to provide texture to a finish on the facing of the cement board; c) enamel paint sprayed over said acrylic paint and sand mixture to highlight the brick effect; d) the cement board having opposed vertical edges and opposed horizontal edges, wherein the horizontal edges have a length that is greater than a length of the vertical edges; e) a plurality of faux mortar lines created by scoring the surface of said finish, wherein said faux mortar lines define a plurality of bricks on the facing of the cement board, the plurality of bricks forming exactly three stacked courses on the facing of the cement board, the courses are stacked in the direction of the vertical edges; and f) the plurality of bricks includes a plurality of full bricks and a plurality of partial bricks; where the opposed vertical edges include only partial bricks and the full bricks are disposed intermediate the vertical edges.