Composite building material

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED COMPOSITE BUILDING MATERIAL ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONSTRUCTING STUCCO WALLS ON THE STUDDING OF A FRAMED STRUCTURE, SAID MATERIAL COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A REINFORCED BACKING MATERIAL INCLUDING AN UPPER IMPERVIOUS SHEET; A PLURALITY OF LINES WIRES ADJACENT THERETO, AND MEANS FIXING SAID LINE WIRES TO SAID UPPER SHEET IN A PREDETERMINED SPACED RELATIONSHIP; A LAYER OF WIRE MESH COVERING THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID BACKING MATERIAL; DETACHABLE RIBBON MEANS EXTENDING ACROSS SAID WIRE MESH AND HOLDING IT IN A FIXED POSITION ON SAID BACKING MATERIAL; BONDING MEANS TEMPORARILY ATTACHING SAID RIBBON MEANS TO SAID BACKING MATERIAL AT INTERVALS ALONG ITS LENGTH, SAID BONDING MEANS BEING BREAKABLE BY TENSION APPLIED TO THE END OF SAID RIBBON MEANS, SAID RIBBON MEANS BEING THEREBY REMOVABLE AFTER SAID BUILDING MATERIAL HAS FIRST BEEN FIXED TO THE STUDDING SO THAT SAID WIRE MESH MATERIAL CAN BE FIXED PERMANENTLY TO THE STUDDING AT A UNIFORM DISTANCE FROM THE BACKING MATERIAL TO PROVIDE A GRIPPING MEANS FOR THE STUCCO.