Building panel

Claim 2

A PREFABRICATED BUILDING PANEL ADAPTED TO BE COUPLED WITH AN ADJACENT BUILDING PANEL TO FORM THE WALL OF A BUILDING, SAID PANEL HAVING AN OUTER WEATHERING OR FACING LAYER TO DEFINE THE OUTER SURFACE OF A BUILDING, SAID PANEL HAVING AN INNER FACING LAYER TO DEFINE THE WALLS OF A ROOM IN A BUILDING, SAID OUTER FACING LAYER BEING DEFINED BY A PLURALITY OF MASONRY MEMBERS BONDED TOGETHER BY A LAYER OF POLYSTYRENE MORTAR, SAID MORTAR EXTENDING ACROSS THE BACK OF SAID MASONARY MEMBERS AND IN THE SPACE BETWEEN ADJACENT MEMBERS, A LAYER OF CLOSED CELL FOAM URETHANE POLYMER BETWEEN THE LAYER OF MORTAR AND THE INNER FACING LAYER, SAID FOAM POLYMER BONDING SAID INNER FACING LAYER TO SAID LAYER OF MORTAR, AND A REINFORCEMENT WIRE MESH BETWEEN SAID FOAM POLYMER AND LAYER OF POLYESTER MORTAR.

Claim 3

A building panel in accordance with claim 1 wherein said panel is longer than its width, said masonry members being rectangular bricks which are thinner than their height, the long sides of the bricks being perpendicular to the long sides of the panel, and the foam polymer having a slot for receiving a spline for joining two adjacent panels together.

Claim 4

A panel in accordance with claim 1 including a downwardly facing top channel and an upwardly facing bottom channel, a plurality of said panels being disposed within said channels, and field applied masonry members applied in alternate rows interconnecting the side edges of adjacent panels.

Claim 5

A prefabricated building panel adapted to be coupled with an adjacent building panel to form the wall of a building, said panel having an outer weathering facing layer to define the outer surface of a building, said panel having an inner facing layer to define the walls of a room in a building and of a material different from said outer facing layer, said outer facing layer being thicker than the inner facing layer and defined by a plurality of masonry members bonded together by a layer of polyester mortar, said mortar extending across the back of said masonry members and in the space between adjacent members, said panel being longer than its width, said masonry members being rectangular bricks which are thinner than their height, the long sides of the bricks being perpendicular to the long sides of the panel, and a layer of closed cell foam urethane polymer between the layer of mortar and the inner facing layer, said foam polymer bonding said inner facing layer to said layer of mortar.

Claim 6

A prefabricated building panel adapted to be coupled with an adjacent building panel to form the wall of a building, said panel having an outer weathering facing layer to define the outer surface of a building, said panel having an inner facing layer to define the walls of a room in a building and of a material different from said outer facing layer, said outer facing layer being thicker than the inner facing layer and defined by a plurality of masonry members bonded together by a layer of polyester mortar, said mortar extending across the back of said masonry members and in the space between adjacent members, said panel being longer than its width, said masonry members being rectangular bricks which are thinner than their height, the long sides of the bricks being perpendicular to the long sides of the panel, and a layer of closed cell foam urethane polymer between the layer of mortar and the inner facing layer, said foam polymer bonding said inner facing layer to said layer of mortar.

Claim 7

A building panel in accordance with claim 4 including a reinforcement wire mesh between said foam polymer and layer of polyester mortar.

Claim 8

A prefabricated building panel in accordance with claim 4 wherein said outer facing layer is thicker than said inner facing layer, said polymer and mortar being thicker than the combined thickness of the facing layers.