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US3217455A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Building construction of modular panels

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-09-28
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Granted: 1965-11-16
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Expires: 1984-09-28
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Joseph H Burges

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 06:02
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04C; E04C2/00; E04C2/02; E04C2/26; E04C2/284; E04C2/292

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 298 words
IN A WALL INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF JOINED MODULAR PANELS, IN WHICH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID MODULAR PANELS INCLUDES A PAIR OF OPPOSED, LATERALLY SPACED FACE PLATES AND A CLOSED BORDER AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE FACE PLATES ESTABLISHING A CLOSED CHAMBER BETWEEN THE FACE PLATES, THE BORDER HAVING LATERALLY SPACED OPPOSITE SIDES FROM THE PERIPHERY, A PLURALITY OF JOINED BORDER SECTIONS ESTABLISHING THE BORDER, EACH OF SAID BORDER SECTIONS COMPRISING: AN OUTER COVERING OF INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING INNER AND OUTER SURFACES AND A U-SHAPED LATERAL CROSS-SECTION WITH OPPOSITE LEGS OF U-SHAPED PROJECTING INWARDLY FROM THE PERIPHERY AND TERMINATING AT INNERMOST ENDS CORRESPONDING WITH THE INNERMOST END OF THE U-SHAPED CROSS-SECTION, EACH LEG INCLUDING AN ENLARGED PORTION EXTENDING TOWARD ONE ANOTHER; FIRST AND SECOND LONGITUDINAL REINFORCING STRIPS EACH EMBEDDED IN ONE OF SAID ENLARGED PORTIONS AND EACH FUSED TO THE INNER SURFACE OF ONE LEG OF THE U-SHAPED BORDER SECTION; A THIRD LONGITUDINAL REINFORCING STRIP HAVING A U-SHAPED LATERAL CROSS-SECTION AND BEING DISPOSED IN THE OUTER COVERING AT THE END OF SAID U-SHAPED CROSS-SECTION OPPOSITE SAID INNERMOST END AND FUSED TO THE INNER SURFACE OF THE OUTER COVERING; AND A LONGITUDINAL SLOT IN EACH LEG OF THE U-SHAPED BORDER SECTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID INNERMOST ENDS; SAID FACE PLATES BEING RECEIVED WITHIN SAID SLOTS SUCH THAT INSULATING MATERIAL LIES BETWEEN THE OUTER COVERING AND EACH FACSE PLATE, BETWEEN EACH FACE PLATE AND EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND LONGITUDINAL REINFORCING STRIPS, AND BETWEEN EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND LONGITUDINAL REINFORCING STRIPS AND THE THIRD LONGITUDINAL REINFORCING STRIP SO THAT THE OUTER COVERING INTERRUPTS ANY DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN THE OPPOSED FACE PLATES AND AMONG THE LONGITUDINAL REINFORCING STRIPS AND THE LATERAL PATH FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PERIPHERAL BORDER IS OF LOW TRANSMISSION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 298 words
IN A WALL INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF JOINED MODULAR PANELS, IN WHICH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID MODULAR PANELS INCLUDES A PAIR OF OPPOSED, LATERALLY SPACED FACE PLATES AND A CLOSED BORDER AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE FACE PLATES ESTABLISHING A CLOSED CHAMBER BETWEEN THE FACE PLATES, THE BORDER HAVING LATERALLY SPACED OPPOSITE SIDES FROM THE PERIPHERY, A PLURALITY OF JOINED BORDER SECTIONS ESTABLISHING THE BORDER, EACH OF SAID BORDER SECTIONS COMPRISING: AN OUTER COVERING OF INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING INNER AND OUTER SURFACES AND A U-SHAPED LATERAL CROSS-SECTION WITH OPPOSITE LEGS OF U-SHAPED PROJECTING INWARDLY FROM THE PERIPHERY AND TERMINATING AT INNERMOST ENDS CORRESPONDING WITH THE INNERMOST END OF THE U-SHAPED CROSS-SECTION, EACH LEG INCLUDING AN ENLARGED PORTION EXTENDING TOWARD ONE ANOTHER; FIRST AND SECOND LONGITUDINAL REINFORCING STRIPS EACH EMBEDDED IN ONE OF SAID ENLARGED PORTIONS AND EACH FUSED TO THE INNER SURFACE OF ONE LEG OF THE U-SHAPED BORDER SECTION; A THIRD LONGITUDINAL REINFORCING STRIP HAVING A U-SHAPED LATERAL CROSS-SECTION AND BEING DISPOSED IN THE OUTER COVERING AT THE END OF SAID U-SHAPED CROSS-SECTION OPPOSITE SAID INNERMOST END AND FUSED TO THE INNER SURFACE OF THE OUTER COVERING; AND A LONGITUDINAL SLOT IN EACH LEG OF THE U-SHAPED BORDER SECTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID INNERMOST ENDS; SAID FACE PLATES BEING RECEIVED WITHIN SAID SLOTS SUCH THAT INSULATING MATERIAL LIES BETWEEN THE OUTER COVERING AND EACH FACSE PLATE, BETWEEN EACH FACE PLATE AND EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND LONGITUDINAL REINFORCING STRIPS, AND BETWEEN EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND LONGITUDINAL REINFORCING STRIPS AND THE THIRD LONGITUDINAL REINFORCING STRIP SO THAT THE OUTER COVERING INTERRUPTS ANY DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN THE OPPOSED FACE PLATES AND AMONG THE LONGITUDINAL REINFORCING STRIPS AND THE LATERAL PATH FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PERIPHERAL BORDER IS OF LOW TRANSMISSION.

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