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US3245185A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Building panels

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-04-02
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Granted: 1966-04-12
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Expires: 1983-04-02
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Donald R Rowe

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 11:18
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04C; E04C2/00; E04C2/30; E04C2/38; E04C2/384

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 203 words
A NON-LOADED BEARING LIGHT WEIGHT BUILDING PANEL COMPRISING A FRAME OF RELATIVELY LIGHT STRUCTURAL MEMBERS SECURED TOGETHER FORMING A FRAME, FORAMINOUS SHEET MATERIAL POSITIONED IN SPACED RELATION AND OVERLYING SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY LIGHT SPACERS OF SMALL TRANSVERSE SECTION ARRANGED IN SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FORAMINOUS SHEET MATERIAL AND SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS AND FIXEDLY SECURED AT ONE END TO SAID FORAMINOUS SHEET MATERIAL AND AT THE OTHER END TO SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS OF SAID FRAME, WEATHER RESISTANT RIGID SOLID PLASTIC MATERIAL SURROUNDING SAID FORAMINUOUS SHEET AND BEING BOUNDED BY AN INNER FACE PORTION LYING BETWEEN THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS AND THE FORAMINUOUS SHEET, THE LAST MENTIONED PORTION CONTACTING SAID MEMBERS AND BEING CONFINED INWARDLY TO A LOCATION WHERE THE SPACERS ARE CONNECTED TO SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS WHEREBY THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS ARE FREE FROM EMBEDMENT IN SAID PLASTIC LYING OUTSIDE OF SAID FORAMINUOUS AN OUTER FACE PORTION LYING OUTSIDE OF SAID FORAMINUOUS SHEET AWAY FROM SAID FRAME, MEANS TO SECURE SAID BUILDING PANELS TO EACH OTHER AND TO ADJACENT FLOORS OF A BUILDING, AND MEANS TO SECURE AN INTERIOR FINISH ON THE FRAME OF SAID BUILDING PANEL WHEREBY THE BUILDING PANEL PROVIDES THE COMPLETE PREFINISHED WALL UNIT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 203 words
A NON-LOADED BEARING LIGHT WEIGHT BUILDING PANEL COMPRISING A FRAME OF RELATIVELY LIGHT STRUCTURAL MEMBERS SECURED TOGETHER FORMING A FRAME, FORAMINOUS SHEET MATERIAL POSITIONED IN SPACED RELATION AND OVERLYING SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY LIGHT SPACERS OF SMALL TRANSVERSE SECTION ARRANGED IN SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FORAMINOUS SHEET MATERIAL AND SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS AND FIXEDLY SECURED AT ONE END TO SAID FORAMINOUS SHEET MATERIAL AND AT THE OTHER END TO SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS OF SAID FRAME, WEATHER RESISTANT RIGID SOLID PLASTIC MATERIAL SURROUNDING SAID FORAMINUOUS SHEET AND BEING BOUNDED BY AN INNER FACE PORTION LYING BETWEEN THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS AND THE FORAMINUOUS SHEET, THE LAST MENTIONED PORTION CONTACTING SAID MEMBERS AND BEING CONFINED INWARDLY TO A LOCATION WHERE THE SPACERS ARE CONNECTED TO SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS WHEREBY THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS ARE FREE FROM EMBEDMENT IN SAID PLASTIC LYING OUTSIDE OF SAID FORAMINUOUS AN OUTER FACE PORTION LYING OUTSIDE OF SAID FORAMINUOUS SHEET AWAY FROM SAID FRAME, MEANS TO SECURE SAID BUILDING PANELS TO EACH OTHER AND TO ADJACENT FLOORS OF A BUILDING, AND MEANS TO SECURE AN INTERIOR FINISH ON THE FRAME OF SAID BUILDING PANEL WHEREBY THE BUILDING PANEL PROVIDES THE COMPLETE PREFINISHED WALL UNIT.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 77 words
THE INVENTION ACCORDING TO CLAIM 1 IN WHICH THE SURFACE OF THE PLASTIC MATERIAL AWAY FROM THE FRAME IS FORMED WITH SMALL PARTICLES OF SMALLER TRANSVERSE DIMENSION THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE PLASTIC MATERIAL BETWEEN SAID SURFACE OF THE PLASTIC AWAY FROM SAID FRAME AND THE FORAMINUOUS MATERIAL, SOME OF SAID PLASTIC MATERIAL BEING REMOVED FROM THE SURFACE OF THE PANEL AWAY FROM THE FRAME TO PROVIDE AN ARNAMENTAL SURFACE ON THE EXTERIOR FACE OF THE PANEL.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1969-04-11 1969-10-11 1970-04-12 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1973-04-11 1973-10-11 1974-04-12 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1977-04-11 1977-10-11 1978-04-12 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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