Decorative wall facing

Claim 1

A simulated brick wall comprising a backing panel molded to provide a plurality of individual spaced raised projections each having a flat upper surface, said projections defining between them a pattern of longitudinally extending continuous grooves interconnected by discrete transversely extending grooves between their raised edges, each of said transversely extending grooves interconnecting a pair of adjacent longitudinally extending grooves, said longitudinal and transverse grooves defining a recessed surface between said raised edges of said projections, apertures in said panels in the areas of said projections spaced inwardly of said edges, a plurality of discrete simulated brick facings, each of said facings having a peripheral flange adapted to enclose said projections and be received into a pair of longitudinal and transverse grooves, said peripheral flanges of adjacent brick facings being spaced apart in said longitudinal and transverse grooves to define recessed mortar grooves between adjacent peripheral flanges of said brick facings and said recessed surface of said grooves, pin means projecting rearwardly from each of said brick facings and spaced inwardly from said peripheral flange, said pin means being frictionally retained in said apertures to permit a person to readily remove each said brick facings independently of one another by grasping said peripheral flange between the fingers and pulling said brick facing away from said backing panel.