Patent ID: 8323778

Claim:
An environmentally resilient structural building panel, consisting of: a piece of vinyl laminate sheet material having a thickness of at least 0.0005 inches; and a formed-sheet flat metallic substrate having a thickness of between 10 gauge and 35 gauge, inclusively, and having a first side and a second side, the substrate being initially disposed in a continuous sheet in coiled form; wherein the vinyl laminate comprises a graphical pattern and is adhesively attached to the said first side of the substrate, leaving said second side uncoated, as the substrate is unwound from the coiled form such that the substrate is environmentally resilient, the combined substrate and vinyl laminate sheet material further having a deformation imparted thereto including parallel ribs for strengthening the panel assembly, and a building panel being formed as the substrate is cut to form said building panel after the vinyl laminate has been applied.