Manufactured building panel assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11828071-B2
Application number	US-202117329565-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2021
Priority date	Oct 24, 2012
Publication date	Nov 28, 2023
Grant date	Nov 28, 2023

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 assembly, comprising:
a first panel comprising a body and an insert at least partially embedded within the body, wherein the insert of the first panel comprises at least one standoff protruding out from a back of the body, and a fastener hem coupled to the interior portion of the insert of the first panel, and wherein the fastener hem comprises a plurality of apertures; and
a second panel comprising a body and an insert at least partially embedded within the body, wherein the insert of the second panel comprises at least one standoff protruding out from a back of the body;
wherein the at least one standoff of the first panel and the at least one standoff of the second panel are substantially coplanar and configured to directly contact a mounting wall to provide a rainscreen for the panel assembly.

2. The panel assembly of claim 1 , wherein the inserts are formed from a non-corrosive material.

3. The panel assembly of claim 2 , wherein the non-corrosive material comprises galvanized steel, powder-coated steel, stainless steel, or a high strength plastic.

4. The panel assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one standoff of the first panel extends from the interior portion of the first panel and protrudes from a back of the body of the first panel, and wherein the at least one standoff of the second panel extends from the interior portion of the second panel and protrudes from a back of the body of the second panel.

5. The panel assembly of claim 1 , wherein the insert of the second panel comprises a fastener hem coupled to the interior portion of the insert of the second panel.

6. The panel assembly of claim 5 , wherein the fastener hems of the first panel and the second panel are substantially coplanar.

7. The panel assembly of claim 5 , wherein the fastener hem of the second panel comprises a plurality of apertures, and wherein the apertures comprise weep holes that provide continuously connected airspace between the first panel and the second panel.

8. The panel assembly of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of apertures are configured to provide air and moisture circulation between the first panel and the second panel.

9. A panel assembly, comprising:
a first panel comprising a body and an insert at least partially embedded within the body, wherein the insert of the first panel comprises at least one standoff protruding out from a back of the body, and a fastener hem coupled to the interior portion of the insert of the first panel, wherein the fastener hem comprises a plurality of apertures, and wherein a top of the body of the first panel comprises at least one landing; and
a second panel comprising a body and an insert at least partially embedded within the body, wherein the insert of the second panel comprises at least one standoff protruding out from a back of the body, and wherein a bottom of the body of the second panel comprises at least one landing complementary in shape to the at least one landing of the body of the first panel.

10. The panel assembly of claim 9 , wherein the inserts are formed from a non-corrosive material.

11. The panel assembly of claim 10 , wherein the non-corrosive material comprises galvanized steel, powder-coated steel, stainless steel, or a high strength plastic.

12. The panel assembly of claim 9 , wherein the at least one standoff of the first panel extends from the interior portion of the first panel and protrudes from a back of the body of the first panel, and wherein the at least one standoff of the second panel extends from the interior portion of the second panel and protrudes from a back of the body of the second panel.

13. The panel assembly of claim 12 , wherein the at least one standoff of the first panel and the at least one standoff of the second panel are substantially coplanar and configured to directly contact a mounting wall to provide a rainscreen for the panel assembly.

14. The panel assembly of claim 9 , wherein the insert of the second panel comprises a fastener hem coupled to the interior portion of the insert of the second panel.

15. The panel assembly of claim 14 , wherein the fastener hems and the standoffs of the first panel and the second panel are substantially coplanar.

16. The panel assembly of claim 14 , wherein the fastener hems of the first panel and the second panel do not make contact when installed on a mounting wall.

17. The panel assembly of claim 14 , wherein the fastener hem of the second panel comprises a plurality of apertures, and wherein the apertures comprise weep holes that provide continuously connected airspace between the first panel and the second panel.

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

19. The panel assembly of claim 9 , wherein the at least one landing of the first panel and the at least one landing of the second panel are configured to make contact when installed on a mounting wall.

20. The panel assembly of claim 19 , wherein the at least one landing of the first panel and the at least one landing of the second panel are substantially perpendicular to a front of each of the bodies of the first panel and the second panel.

Assignees

• Certainteed Llc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• E04F13/0833 Primary

  not adjustable (E04F13/0857 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E04F13/0801

  Separate fastening elements (E04F13/088, E04F13/0885 take 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

• B28B23/005

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

• B28B23/0056

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