Patent ID: 7581332

Claim:
A siding element for creating a facade of buildings, comprising a substantially slablike element ( 13 ) extending in a first plane ( 14 ), which in cross section has at least one protrusion ( 15 ) having a two-dimensional surface and protruding from the first plane ( 14 ), the protrusion ( 15 ) forming a slablike structure extending in a second plane ( 16 ), wherein the slablike structure of the protrusion ( 15 ) has at least one protuberance ( 26 ) on at least one side of the second plane ( 16 ), at least one bulge ( 27 ) on at least one side of the second plane ( 16 ), and at least one protruding rib ( 23 ) on an opposite side of the second plane ( 16 ) than the bulge ( 27 ), and wherein the at least one protuberance ( 26 ), the at least one bulge ( 27 ) and the at least one protruding rib ( 23 ) extend substantially in a longitudinal direction of the slablike element ( 13 ).