Prefabricated insulating panel

Claim 1

A prefabricated insulating panel assembly adapted to be mounted in interconnected relationship with other panels on a support member comprising (a) an outer metallic sheet carrying a batt of insulating material on its inner face, (b) a covering flange provided by one horizontal edge of said outer sheet and extending over a portion of the top edge of the insulating material carried thereby, (c) means provided by said one horizontal edge of said outer sheet extending perpendicularly with respect thereto for providing overlapping interconnection between corresponding means provided by a juxtapositioned panel adapted to be mounted upon the support member, (d) a clip formed along the inner edge of said covering flange and extending perpendicularly to and opening in the direction of said one horizontal edge of said sheet, (e) a hanger mounted on said clip and providing a vertical mounting plate extending parallel to said outer metallic sheet, (f) means on said hanger adapted to contact said clip so as to cam the same in the direction away from the support member when said clip is connected to said hanger and said panels are placed in interconnected juxtaposition upon the support member, and (g) a fastener adapted to be carried by said vertical mounting plate of said hanger securing the panels onto the support member.