BRICK VENEER WALL CONSTRUCTION

• US 3,740,911 A
• Filed: 04/05/1971
• Issued: 06/26/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James D O'Leary
• Original Assignee: James D O'Leary
• Inventors: O'Leary, James D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Perham, Alfred C.
• Application Number:
  US05/130,908
• Time in Patent Office: 813 Days
• Field of Search: 52/388,389,390,391,314,315
• US Class Current: 52/388
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0862 composed of a number of elements which are identical or not, e.g. carried by a common web, support plate or grid

Abstract

A brick wall construction formed of a series of panels secured to a wall surface. Each panel including a backing strip of open construction, such as expanded metal mesh, and a series of rows of thin bricks are bonded to the mesh by a resin adhesive. Ends of bricks in alternate rows project beyond the side edge of the backing strip while the corresponding ends of bricks in rows between the alternate rows are positioned generally flush with the side edge of the strip so that the area between the projecting alternate bricks provide a space to receive the projecting end of a brick of the next adjacent panel. The panels are secured to the wall surface by fasteners which extend through the backing strip between the bricks, and after installation, the joints between the bricks are filled in with grout.

Claims

1. A building panel, comprising a flexible backing strip having a series of openings therein, an adhesive bonded to a surface of the backing strip and disposed within the openings in the strip, and a plurality of bricks bonded to the adhesive and located in a series of spaced, generally parallel rows, the spaces between the bricks in adjacent rows being substantially free of adhesive to thereby provide flexibility for the panel to conform to wall surfaces, a brick in each row having an extremity that projects outwardly beyond the corresponding side edge of the backing strip, said strip being elongated and the longitudinal dimension of the strip being disposed normal to the longitudinal dimension of the bricks and the longitudinal dimension of the bricks being substantially greater than the width of the strip.

2. The panel of claim 1, wherein said bricks have a thickness in the range of 1/2 to 1 1/8 inches.

3. The panel of claim 1, wherein the corresponding ends of the bricks in alternate rows project outwardly beyond side edges of the backing strip and the corresponding ends of the bricks in intermediate rows between said alternate rows terminate in general alignment with said side edge of the backing strip.

4. The panel of claim 1, wherein each row is composed of a single brick and one end of each brick projects laterally outward beyond the corresponding side edge of the backing strip and the other end of each brick is disposed in general alignment with the opposite side edge of the backing strip.

5. The panel of claim 4, wherein the ends of bricks in alternate rows project outwardly beyond a side edge of the backing strip and the opposite ends of bricks in intermediate rows project outwardly beyond the opposite side edge of the backing strip.

6. The panel of claim 1, wherein the backing strip is formed of expanded metal.

7. The wall construction of claim 1, wherein the corresponding ends of bricks in said rows project outwardly beyond the corresponding side edge of the backing strip and said projecting ends are disposed in alignment, whereby the panel can be applied to an exterior corner of a wall.