Sealing means for exterior panel wall structures

Claim 1

AN EXTERIOR PANEL WALL ASSEMBLY FOR BUILDINGS AND THE LIKE BEING COMPRISED OF A PLURALITY OF EXTERIOR PANEL WALL MEMBERS; A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED BATTEN STRIPS FRAMING THE MARGINAL EDGES OF SAID PANEL MEMBERS AND ENGAGING SAID PANEL WALL MEMBERS FOR RIGIDLY POSITIONING AND SUPPORTING SAID MEMBERS; SELECTED ONES OF SAID BATTEN STRIPS HAVING THE EDGES OF ADJACENT ENDS BEING SPACED A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE APART TO ALLOW FOR EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION OF SAID BATTEN STRIPS; FASTENING MEANS POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID BATTEN PANEL MEMBERS AND THE BUILDING FOR SECURING SAID BATTEN STRIPS TO THE BUILDING; EACH OF SAID BATTEN STRIPS HAVING A CENTRAL PROJECTION EXTENDING THE LENGTH OF EACH STRIP AND PROJECTING TOWARD SAID FASTENING MEANS; RESILIENT SEALING MEANS; A PORTION OF THE CENTRAL PROJECTION OF THE BATTEN STRIPS HAVING EDGES ADJACENT ONE ANOTHER BEING REMOVED TO PRESENT A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SURFACE FOR SEATING A PORTION OF SAID SEALING MEANS; SAID SEALING MEANS BEING COMPRISED OF FIRST AND SECOND SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT RECTANGULAR SHAPED RESILIENT SHEETS CAPABLE OF CHANGING ITS THICKNESS UNDER APPLICATION OF PRESSURE THERETO;