Edge sealing insulation panels

Claim 1

AN INSULATION PANEL ADAPTED TO BE PRESSED FITTED INTO AN OPEN SPACE DEFINED BY AT LEAST TWO STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS COMPRISING A MAIN BLOCK COMPOSED OF BONDED FIBROUS MAT HONEYCOMBED WITH INTERSTITAL AIR SPACES AND HAVING OPPOSED PARALLEL MAJOR FACES, THE WIDTH OF SAID BLOCK BEING LESS THAN THE SPACING OF THE SUPPORTS AND THE LAY OF THE FIBERS THEREIN BEING PREDOMINANTLY PARALLEL WITH THE MAJOR FACES OF THE MAT WHEREBY TO RESIST COMPRESSIVE DISPLACEMENT OF THE EDGES OF THE BLOCK IN A DIRECTION NORMAL TO THE MAJOR FACES AND STIFFEN THE BLOCK AGAINST FLEXURE OUT OF THE NORMAL MAJOR PLANE THEREOF, AND AN EDGING SECURED TO THE BLOCK AND FORMING A CONTINUATION THEREOF, SAID EDGING DIMENSIONED TO INCREASE THE WIDTH OF THE PANEL BEYOND THE SPACING BETWEEN THE STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS, SAID EDGING COMPRISING A BONDED FIBROUS MATERIAL HONEYCOMBED WITH INTERSTITIAL AIR SPACES AND HAVING THE PREDOMINANT LAY OF THE FIBERS NORMAL TO THE MAJOR PLANE OF THE MAIN BLOCK WHEREBY TO PROVIDE THE EDGING WITH RESILIENCY AND YIELDABILITY TO FORCES EXERTED THEREAGAINST IN DIRECTIONS PARALLEL TO THE MAJOR PLANE OF THE BLOCK.