Moisture management system

• US 6,293,064 B1
• Filed: 08/17/1999
• Issued: 09/25/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Plastic Components, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Plastic Components, Inc.
• Inventors: Larson, John A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): VU, STEPHEN A
• Application Number:
  US09/375,729
• Time in Patent Office: 770 Days
• Field of Search: 522/09, 522/045, 52/58, 52/62, 527/341, 527/201, 523/021
• US Class Current: 52/302.1
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/762 Exterior insulation of exterior walls
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/765 Bottom edge finishing profile
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/06 Edge-protecting borders borders for joints between plaster layers and window or door frames or like E06B1/62
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/068 combined with mesh material or the like to allow plaster to bond therewith
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/08 composed of a plurality of similar covering or lining elements, E04F13/072 takes precedence; borders, skirtings E04F19/02; of webs or fabrics E04F13/002; fixing strips E04F19/06; separate provisional spacers between adjacent tiles E04F21/0092; implements or means for setting tiles E04F21/18
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 19/02 Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves for protecting edges of plaster E04F13/06
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 2013/063 for corners
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 2013/065 for lower edges of outer insulation layers

Abstract

A moisture management system for installation over doors and windows in buildings that included exterior, stucco-covered, curtain walls comprising an integrally formed, three sided, elongated track including a base having weep holes therein, an upright front wall and an upright rear wall at opposing elongated edges of the base, and, extending angularly downward from the outside of the base, and integrally formed therewith, a drip plate that permits ready drainage of water entering the moisture management system through the weep holes in the base. Elongated striations in the front faces of both the front and rear upright walls as well as holes in the front upright wall provide adherence of sealants and adhesives used in the installation process.

Claims

1. A moisture management system for installation over doors and windows in buildings that included exterior curtain walls, said system comprising:

A) an integrally formed, three sided, elongated channel including;

I) a base having weep holes therein and an underside;

II) an upstanding front wall and an upstanding real wall at opposing elongated edges of the base; and

III) extending angularly downward from the base, and integrally formed therewith, a drip plate integrally connected by an integral leg to said underside of said base that permits ready drainage of water entering the moisture management system through the weep holes in the base.

2. The moisture management system of claim 1 wherein the upstanding front and rear walls each have a front face and including parallel longitudinal striations across the respective faces.

3. The moisture management system of claim 2 further including holes in said upstanding front wall.

4. The moisture management system of claim 2 further including holes in said upstanding front wall.

5. The moisture management system of claim 1 wherein the drip plate includes a tip portion extending beyond the front edge of the base, said tip portion extending angularly downward from said drip plate.

6. The moisture management system of claim 5 wherein the upstanding front and rear walls each have a front face and including parallel longitudinal striations across the respective faces.