Patent ID: 8635822

Claim:
A ventilated structural panel comprising: a first sheet, having edges that define a horizontal axis with a first horizontal edge and a second horizontal edge, and vertical axis with a first vertical edge and a second vertical edge; a second sheet being of substantially a same planar dimensions as the first sheet and having edges that define a horizontal axis and vertical axis, with a first horizontal edge and a second horizontal edge and a first vertical edge and a second vertical edge; the first and the second sheet being parallel in plane and matched in at least one of the vertical axis and the horizontal axis; a plurality of spacing structural elements fixedly attaching the first sheet to the second sheet, such that a yield strength of the combined panel is greater than a combined individual yield strengths of the first and the second sheet; the plurality of spacing structural elements being formed such that a plurality of unobstructed pathways are created for air to move from at least one edge of the panel to at least one of an opposite and an adjacent edge of the panel, and being arranged to provide integral ventilation through the panel and between the first and the second sheet; each spacing structural element comprising a first and a second elongate flat section ( 122 , 124 ) joined together by a transverse section ( 126 ), the transverse section having a different cross-sectional width or a different profile than the first and the second elongate flat sections; the first and the second sheets are each between 0.125 inches and 1.0 inches in thickness; and wherein the plurality of spacing structural elements are arranged in a matrix comprised of at least one layer of spacing structural elements, whereby each of the spacing structural elements in each layer are coplanar, parallel, and equidistance from each neighboring spacing structural element in a same layer, and each layer is arranged parallel in plane, and perpendicular in orientation to any adjacent layers.