Brick panel insulation with load bearing clip

• US 4,407,104 A
• Filed: 10/02/1980
• Issued: 10/04/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Gerald T. Francis
• Original Assignee: Gerald T. Francis
• Inventors: Francis, Gerald T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Murtagh, John E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Safavi, Michael
• Application Number:
  US06/192,943
• Time in Patent Office: 1,097 Days
• Field of Search: 52/309.12, 52/314, 52/509, 52/315, 52/389, 52/391, 52/442, 52/434, 52/487, 52/774, 52/384, 52/385, 52/389, 52/390, 52/404, 52/410, 52/378, 52/379
• US Class Current: 52/309.4
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/041 composed of a number of smaller elements, e.g. bricks, also combined with a slab of hardenable material
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2002/004 Panels with profiled edges, e.g. stepped, serrated
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2002/007 Panels with the appearance of a brick wall

Abstract

A brick panel wall construction is disclosed including a backing board for a brick panel which is formed of extruded plastic foam for moisture resistance and insulation. The wall construction includes a plurality of brick panels having plastic foam backing boards and a plurality of load bearing clip members that support the bricks which are secured to the backing boards. The load bearing clip members are sandwiched within the tongue and groove joints between adjacent upper and lower brick panels. Each load bearing member includes a protruding terminal lip that extends into the joint area between the bricks of adjacent panels. Mortar is packed or tuck pointed into the joint area to cover the protruding lips of the load bearing clips, and the clips become the support for the bricks that are secured to the plastic foam backing boards. Thus, the invention provides an improved insulating and moisture resistant backing board, and a direct mechanical connection of the bricks to the wall supporting structure such that the support for the bricks is not dependent upon the non-structural backing board.

Claims

1. A brick panel wall construction including a plurality of brick panels, said brick panels being secured to supporting structure, each brick panel including an insulating plastic foam backing board having a plurality of bricks secured thereto in a pattern, said brick panels including tongue and groove joints in their longitudinal edges such that a tongue at one edge of a first brick panel being accommodated in a groove in the adjacent edge of a second panel;

at least one load bearing member being sandwiched between the tongue and groove joint between adjacent brick panels and means for attaching said member to said supporting structure, said member including a protruding lip extending into a joint area between the bricks on the adjacent panels; and

mortar applied to the spaces between the bricks on said backing boards and to the joint area between bricks of adjacent panels to cover the protruding lip of said load bearing member wherein said member providing the load bearing support for the bricks that are secured to said backing boards.

2. The brick panel wall construction as defined in claim 2 wherein said protruding lip being sinusoidally configured along its longitudinal extent to resist lateral loads on said panels.