Patent ID: 6857241

Claim:
A building facade panel adapted to operably engage and close a latticework support structure having uprights connected by horizontal crossmembers, said panel comprising: a slab comprised of an air-setting resistant material and having opposed faces, one face comprising a visible face defining a molded pattern; and reinforcement means having a portion embedded within the slab and extending outwardly thereof so as to form an outwardly accessible portion, the portion embedded within the slab being configured to extend through the slab, away from the visible face, and then outwardly or the other face of the slab as the outwardly accessible portion, the outwardly accessible portion defining a spine configured to oppose and operably engage a corresponding spine defined by the latticework support structure when the panel is attached thereto the spines being secured together by mechanical fixation means, the reinforcement means being adapted to reinforce the slab and to allow the slab to be attached to the latticework support structure such that the panel covers the latticework support structure.