VENTED AND WATER CONTROL CLADDING SYSTEM

• US 20190017279A1
• Filed: 09/18/2018
• Published: 01/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Norwood Architecture, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Norwood Architecture, Inc.
• Inventors: Norwood, Steven, Abu-Jaber, Amir
• Granted Patent: US 10,364,579 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/7038 Evacuating water from cavity walls, e.g. by using weep holes
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/7076 Air vents for walls
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/007 Outer coverings for walls with ventilating means
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/072 composed of specially adapted, structured or shaped covering or lining elements
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0864 composed of superposed elements which overlap each other and of which the flat outer surface includes an acute angle with the surface to cover
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 17/00 Vertical ducts; Channels, e.g. for drainage pipes in general F16L; pipe-line systems F17D ; drainage devices in floors E03F5/04; roof drainage E04D13/04

Abstract

A vented and water control paneling has improved drainage and integrated ventilation air space. The water control paneling may be fabricated with an omnidirectional relief pattern formed on its back surface. The relief pattern spaces the vented and water control paneling away from a structure to which it is secured, thereby providing an omnidirectional drainage plane between the back surface of the paneling and the structure. The omnidirectional drainage plane provides an unimpeded ventilation and drainage path of water and/or water vapor.

Claims

1. A vented and water control system, comprising:

an exterior cladding panel configured to be mounted at a wall of a structure, the exterior cladding panel comprising glass fiber reinforced plastic and being of one piece construction having a front surface, a back surface, and an omnidirectional relief pattern integral with the back surface and defined by a plurality of elements that form an omnidirectional ventilation and drainage plane between the wall and the back surface when the exterior cladding panel is mounted at the wall.

2. The vented and water control system of claim 1, the plastic comprising foam insulation.

3. The vented and water control system of claim 2, the plurality of elements being stamped or embossed into the foam insulation.

4. The vented and water control system of claim 1 further including a non-structural finish layer positioned on the front surface.

5. The vented and water control system of claim 4, the non-structural finish layer comprising one or more of paint, plaster, stucco, parge coat, wood-based coating, and resins;

the wood-based coating being one or more of wood fibers, paper, and cellulose.

6. The vented and water control system of claim 1, further comprising a weather resistant liquid or spray applied membrane.

7. The vented and water control system of claim 1, further including a joint reinforcement attached to the siding panel.

8. The vented and water control system of claim 7, the joint reinforcement to be of fiberglass.

9. The vented and water control system of claim 1, the exterior cladding panel being a non-structural panel.

10. The vented and water control system of claim 1, the omnidirectional relief pattern being located on a portion, but not all of the back surface.

11. The vented and water control system of claim 1, the plurality of elements being a plurality of raised elements forming a grid.

12. The vented and water control system of claim 1, the plurality of elements being a plurality of raised bumps or dots with air space on all sides.

13. The vented and water control system of claim 1, the plurality of elements forming an egg-crate pattern.

14. The vented and water control system of claim 1, the plurality of elements having a pyramid, square, squiggle, rectangle, or geometric shape.

15. The vented and water control system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of elements have a random shape.

16. The vented and water control system of claim 1, the plurality of elements being incuts formed into the back surface.

17. A vented and water control system, consisting of:

an exterior cladding panel configured to be mounted at a wall of a structure, the exterior cladding panel comprising glass fiber reinforced plastic having a front surface, a back surface, and an omnidirectional relief pattern integral with the back surface and defined by a plurality of elements that form an omnidirectional ventilation and drainage plane between the wall and the back surface when the exterior cladding panel is mounted at the wall; and

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a non-structural finish layer located on the exterior cladding panel.

18. The vented and water control system of claim 17, the non-structural finish layer comprising one or more of paint, plaster, stucco, parge coat, wood-based coating, and resins;

the wood-based coating being one or more of wood fibers, paper, and cellulose.

19. The vented and water control system of claim 17, the plastic comprising foam insulation.

20. A vented and water control system, consisting of:

an exterior cladding panel configured to be mounted at a wall of a structure, the exterior cladding panel comprising glass fiber reinforced plastic having a front surface, a back surface, and an omnidirectional relief pattern integral with the back surface and defined by a plurality of elements that form an omnidirectional ventilation and drainage plane between the wall and the back surface when the exterior cladding panel is mounted at the wall; and

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a weather resistant liquid or spray applied membrane