Rigid foam building panel

• US 20050284060A1
• Filed: 06/21/2005
• Published: 12/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gordon Ritchie
• Original Assignee: Gordon Ritchie
• Inventors: Ritchie, Gordon
• Application Number:
  US11/157,456
• Publication Number:
  US 20050284060A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/309.7
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/22 reinforced E04C2/205 takes precedence

Abstract

A rigid foam building panel includes a rigid foam body with elongate reinforcing studs. The rigid foam body has a first face, a second face, a top edge, a bottom edge and opposed side edges. Integrally formed non-planar architectural features are positioned on at least one of the first face or the second face.

Claims

1. A rigid foam building panel, comprising:

a rigid foam body with elongate reinforcing studs, the rigid foam body having a first face, a second face, a top edge, a bottom edge and opposed side edges; and

integrally formed non-planar architectural features on at least one of the first face or the second face.

2. The rigid foam building panel as defined in claim 1, wherein the non-planar architectural feature is a concave curvature on one of the first face or the second face.

3. The rigid foam building panel as defined in claim 1, wherein the non-planar architectural feature is a convex curvature on one of the first face or the second face.

4. The rigid foam building panel as defined in claim 1, wherein the non-planar architectural feature is an architectural moulding on one of the first face or the second face.

5. The rigid foam building panel as defined in claim 4, wherein the architectural moulding is a crown moulding.

6. The rigid foam building panel as defined in claim 4, wherein the architectural moulding is a chair rail.

7. The rigid foam building panel as defined in claim 4, wherein the architectural moulding is a column.

8. The rigid foam building panel as defined in claim 4, wherein the architectural moulding is a baseboard moulding.

9. The rigid foam building panel as defined in claim 1, wherein the opposed side edges of the body has grooves extending between the top edge and the bottom edge, the grooves being adapted to receive a connecting spline.

10. The rigid foam building panel as defined in claim 1, wherein the body is divided longitudinally into at least two modular sections positioned one above the other.

11. The rigid foam building panel as defined in claim 1 wherein the at least two modular sections include an upper modular section and a lower modular section.

12. The rigid foam building panel as defined in claim 11, wherein more than one upper modular section is provided each having a different crown moulding and more than one lower modular section is provided each having a different baseboard moulding.

13. The rigid foam building panel as defined in claim 11, wherein more than one upper modular section is provided each having a different crown moulding and more than one lower modular section is provided each having a different chair rail moulding.

14. The rigid foam building panel as defined in claim 10, wherein elongate vertical connectors connect the at least two modular sections.

15. The rigid foam building panel as defined in claim 10, wherein the at least two modular sections are connected by a lap joint in which one of the at least two modular sections has a depending tongue which overlaps a modular section positioned immediately below.

16. The rigid foam building panel as defined in claim 1, wherein sealing grooves are positioned in the opposed sides edges immediately adjacent at least one of the first face or the second face, such that abutting bodies are sealed by placing a sealant in the sealing grooves.