Manufactured building panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11047134-B2
Application number	US-202016865989-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 4, 2020
Priority date	Oct 24, 2012
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

Abstract

A method of fabricating panels includes providing an insert having an interior portion with a top portion and a positioning stop opposite the top portion, and an exterior portion including a fastener hem. Further, the method includes placing the insert in a mold such that only the fastener hem and the positioning stop contact the mold and centering the insert in the mold with the top portion and the positioning stop. The method also includes filling the mold with a casting material such that the interior portion is submerged in the casting material including the top portion, but some of the positioning stop is not submerged in the casting material, curing the casting material to form a panel on the insert, and removing the panel form the mold.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A panel, comprising:
a body; and
an insert having an interior portion embedded within the body, at least one standoff extending from the interior portion and protruding from a back of the body, and an exterior portion extending from the body and comprising a fastener hem and at least one positioning stop coupled to the interior portion, wherein a back of the at least one standoff and a back of the fastener hem are substantially coplanar.

2. The panel of claim 1 , wherein the interior portion is substantially planar.

3. The panel of claim 2 , wherein the interior portion forms a continuous reinforcement throughout the body.

4. The panel of claim 1 , wherein the insert comprises portions extending from the interior portion adjacent to the fastening hem.

5. The panel of claim 4 , wherein the portions are configured to center the insert from top-to-bottom in a mold during formation of the body.

6. The panel of claim 5 , wherein the portions are embedded within the body.

7. The panel of claim 1 , wherein the fastener hem is disposed at a top of the insert.

8. The panel of claim 7 , wherein the fastener hem is configured to center the insert from front-to-back in a mold during formation of the body.

9. The panel of claim 1 , wherein the at least one positioning stop is disposed at a bottom of the insert.

10. The panel of claim 9 , wherein the at least one positioning stop is stepped, stair-stepped, curved, chamfered, or otherwise configured to center the insert from top-to-bottom in a mold during formation of the body.

11. A panel, comprising:
a body; and
an insert having an interior portion embedded within the body, a plurality of standoffs extending from the interior portion and protruding from a back of the body, and an exterior portion extending from the body and comprising a fastener hem coupled to the interior portion, wherein the fastener hem comprises a plurality of apertures, and wherein the fastener hem and the plurality of standoffs are substantially coplanar and configured to directly contact a mounting wall to provide a rainscreen for the panel.

12. The panel of claim 11 , wherein the insert is formed from a non-corrosive material.

13. The panel of claim 12 , wherein the non-corrosive material comprises galvanized steel or stainless steel.

14. The panel of claim 11 , wherein the fastener hem is disposed at a top of the insert.

15. The panel of claim 14 , wherein at least one positioning stop is disposed at a bottom of the insert.

16. The panel of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of standoffs are connected inside the interior volume of the body to the interior portion.

17. The panel of claim 11 , wherein the apertures comprise weep holes that provide continuously connected airspace between adjacent panels.

18. The panel of claim 17 , wherein the plurality of apertures are configured to provide air and moisture circulation between adjacent panels.

Assignees

• Certain Teed Corp
• Certainteed Llc

Inventors

• Steffes Stephen W
• Stucky David J
• Brandt Andrew Clyde
• Shaw Robert D
• Whitney Nikki J

Classifications

• E04F13/0873 Primary

  the visible surface imitating natural stone, brick work, tiled surface or the like (E04F13/105, E04F13/123, E04F13/147, E04F13/165, E04F13/185 take precedence) · CPC title

• B28B23/0056

  Means for inserting the elements into the mould or supporting them in the mould (B28B23/022 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E04F13/0864

  composed of superposed elements which overlap each other and of which the flat outer surface includes an acute angle with the surface to cover · CPC title

• E04F13/0851

  Hooking means on the back side of the covering elements · CPC title

• B28B23/005

  with anchoring or fastening elements for the shaped articles · CPC title