Siding and roofing panel

• US 3,246,436 A
• Filed: 01/09/1963
• Issued: 04/19/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Alan D. Roush
• Original Assignee: Alan D. Roush
• Inventors: Roush, Alan D.
• Application Number:
  US04/250,425
• Time in Patent Office: 1,196 Days
• US Class Current: 52/302.1
• 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

Claims

1. A BUILDING PANEL ADAPTED FOR USE ON THE EXTERIOR SIDE OF A BUILDING STRUCTURE, SAID PANEL COMPRISING A SHEET OF IMPERVIOUS MATERIAL CAPABLE OF HOLDING ITS OWN SHAPE, SAID SHEET HAVING INNER AND OUTER FACES, SAID SHEET HAVING SPACED END MARGINS AND SPACED SIDE MARGINS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID END MARGINS, SAID SHEET HAVING A HOLLOW RIB PROJECTING OUTWRDLY FROM SAID OUTER FACE AND EXTENDING FROM ONE END MARGIN TO THE OTHER END MARGIN, SAID RIB HAVING SPACED SIDES AND AN OUTER FACE PORTION SUPPORTED OUTWARDLY FROM SAID OUTER FACE OF SAID SHEET BY SAID SIDES, ONE OF SAID SIDES HAVING A CHANNEL THEREIN OPENING TO THE EXTERIOR OF SAID RIB, SAID CHANNEL EXTENDING THE LENGTH OF SAID RIB AND HAVING SPACED INNER AND OUTER SIDE WALLS, SAID OUTER SIDE WALL BEING SPACED FROM SAID OUTER FACE PORTION OF SAID RIB TO DEFINE A POCKET WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF SAID RIB BOUNDED BY THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID OUTER FACE PORTION, THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID OUTER SIDE WALL, AND THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID ONE SIDE, SAID OUTER SIDE WALL HAVING AN APERTURE THERETHROUGH SPACED FROM SAID ONE SIDE AND ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID CHANNEL AND SAID POCKET.