Building insulation

• US 5,085,022 A
• Filed: 10/26/1990
• Issued: 02/04/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Therm-All, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Therm-All, Inc.
• Inventors: Paliwoda, Kenneth J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Scherbel, David A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): COGGINS, WYNN WOOD
• Application Number:
  US07/604,112
• Time in Patent Office: 466 Days
• Field of Search: 52/748, 52/408, 52/409, 52/404, 52/309.8
• US Class Current: 52/309.8
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/288 composed of insulating material and concrete, stone or stone-like material

Abstract

A piece of insulation has a body of insulating material and a vapor barrier sheet adhered to the body of insulating material. The vapor barrier sheet has a first tab extending beyond the body of insulating material. The vapor barrier sheet has a portion non-adhered to and overlapping the body of insulating material to form a second tab. A location is defined between the second tab of the vapor barrier sheet and the body of insulating material for receiving a first tab of another piece of insulation.

Claims

1. A method for installing pieces of insulation comprising the steps of:

a. laying a first piece of insulation alongside a second piece of insulation.

b. abutting an extending tab portion of the first piece of insulation against a portion of insulating material of the second piece of insulation;

c. moving a portion of insulating material of the second piece of insulation from an initial position to allow the extending tab portion of the first piece of insulation to fall onto a nonextending tab portion of the second piece of insulation; and

d. returning the moved back portion of insulating material of the second piece of insulation to its initial position against the extending tab portion of the first piece of insulation.