Distance plate building component with a protective, ventilating, heat-insulating and drainage function

Claim 1

A building component in the form of a distance plate for use in building construction for the purposes of protection, ventilation, heat-insulation and drainage, the distance plate comprising a board of pressure-resistant material having a first plurality of parallel evenly-spaced rows of ribs and a second plurality of parallel evenly-spaced rows of ribs perpendicular to said first plurality to form a lattice extending from a planar surface on one side of the board in a pattern with the perpendicular ribs forming intersections, frusto-pyramid projections extending from said one side of the board at all the intersections of the pattern, and substantially rectangular domes intermediate surrounding ribs with flattened outer surfaces extending outwardly from the planar surface on the other side of the board and covering a significantly larger surface area of the board than the projections, said frusto-pyramid projections forming spacers with flattened truncated ends for resting against a wall of a building and securing the board to the wall, said domes forming cavities held by the spacers away from the wall for ventilation and water flow between the wall and the board.