Method for covering and accessing mate lines during building construction

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11795704-B2
Application number	US-202217678699-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2022
Priority date	Sep 18, 2019
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

A process for covering, protecting and providing access to mate lines during building construction comprising the steps of preparing a vertical and horizontal mate line closure flap, carrying out a vertical and horizontal mate line access process, carrying out a vertical and horizontal mate line closing process, repeating the vertical and horizontal mate line access and closing processes as required, and carrying out a vertical and horizontal mate line sealing process to complete the building weatherization.

First claim

We claim:

1. A building module comprising an external wall wherein the external wall further comprises sheathing having a vapor-permeable water-resistant (WRB) sheet affixed to and covering the entire outer surface of the sheathing, the WRB sheet further comprising a vertical flap and a horizontal flap, the outer edges of both flaps being attached to vertical and horizontal support members respectively by a first fastener wherein the support member and flaps are folded back to their full extent over the said WRB sheet affixed to and covering the entire outer surface of the sheathing of the building module and the support member further affixed to the said sheathing by a second fastener.

Assignees

• Dupont Safety & Construction Inc

Inventors

• Baiada Thomas Matthew
• Nobbee Wazir

Classifications

• E04F19/04 Primary

  for use between floor or ceiling and wall, e.g. skirtings · CPC title

• B32B7/12

  using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties · CPC title

• E04B1/68

  of joints, e.g. expansion joints (packing for joints in roads or airfields E01C11/02; expansion joints for bridges E01D19/06; sealing joints between foundation piles E02D5/14; joints in foundation structures E02D29/16; devices for sealing the spaces or joints between roof-covering elements E04D1/36; sealing joints between roof-covering elements E04D3/38; {construction of joints for flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements E04F15/02005}; construction of joints for flooring or floor layers made of masses in situ E04F15/14) · CPC title

• E04B2/02

  built-up from layers of building elements · CPC title

• E04F19/022

  for use at vertical intersections of walls (E04F19/028 takes precedence) · CPC title