System and method for a vented and water control siding, vented and water control sheathing and vented and water control trim-board

• US 9,394,696 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Issued: 07/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Norwood Architecture, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Norwood Architecture, Inc.
• Inventors: Norwood, Steven, Abu-Jaber, Amir
• Primary Examiner(s): MINTZ, RODNEY K
• Application Number:
  US14/622,526
• Publication Number:
  US 20150233121A1
• Time in Patent Office: 522 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/007 Outer coverings for walls with ventilating means
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/072 composed of specially adapted, structured or shaped covering or lining elements
• 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

Abstract

A vented and water control paneling has improved drainage and integrated ventilation air space. The water control paneling may be fabricated with an omnidirectional relief pattern formed on its back surface. The relief pattern spaces the vented and water control paneling away from a structure to which it is secured, thereby providing an omnidirectional drainage plane between the back surface of the paneling and the structure. The omnidirectional drainage plane provides an unimpeded ventilation and drainage path of water and/or water vapor.

Claims

1. A vented and water control weatherproofing product for securing to an exterior of a structure, comprising:

a unitary exterior weatherproofing panel of one piece construction having a front surface exposed to an ambient environment and a back surface, the back surface including an omnidirectional relief pattern comprised of a plurality of raised elements projecting from the back surface;

wherein the omnidirectional relief pattern forms an omnidirectional ventilation and drainage plane; and

wherein the unitary exterior weatherproofing panel comprises an overlap region on the back surface for overlapping a second unitary exterior weatherproofing panel;

wherein the overlap region does not include the omnidirectional relief pattern.

2. The vented and water control weatherproofing product of claim 1, the exterior weatherproofing panel being a trim board panel.

3. The vented and water control weatherproofing product of claim 1, the exterior weatherproofing panel being a cladding panel.

4. A vented and water control weatherproofing product for securing to an exterior of a structure, comprising:

a unitary siding panel of one piece construction having a front siding surface and a back surface, the back surface including an omnidirectional relief pattern comprised of a plurality of raised elements projecting from the back surface;

wherein the omnidirectional relief pattern forms an omnidirectional ventilation and drainage plane; and

wherein the unitary siding panel comprises an overlap region on the back surface for overlapping a second unitary siding panel;

wherein the overlap region does not include the omnidirectional relief pattern.

5. The vented and water control weatherproofing product of claim 4, wherein the overlap region is configured to create a seal between the unitary siding panel and a front surface of the second unitary siding panel.

6. The vented and water control weatherproofing product of claim 4, wherein the omnidirectional drainage plane forms an omnidirectional flow path, such that at least one of moisture and air moves substantially unimpeded along a length and width of the siding panel.

7. The vented and water control weatherproofing product of claim 4, the unitary siding panel further comprising a first overlapping structure for installing the unitary siding panel substantially coplanar with a second, adjacent, unitary siding panel having a second overlapping structure cooperating with the first overlapping structure.

8. The vented and water control weatherproofing product of claim 4, further comprising a second unitary siding panel of one piece construction having a front surface and a back surface, the back surface of the second siding panel including an additional omnidirectional relief pattern;

wherein the omnidirectional relief pattern of the first siding panel is adapted to form contact points on the front surface of the second siding panel.

9. The vented and water control weatherproofing product of claim 4, the omnidirectional relief pattern having a thickness of ⅛

of an inch and a separation distance of ½

of an inch between each said raised element of the omnidirectional relief pattern.

10. The vented and water control weatherproofing product of claim 4, further comprising a second unitary siding panel of one piece construction having a front surface and a back surface, the back surface of the second siding panel including an additional omnidirectional relief pattern;

the first and second siding panels further comprising corresponding butt joints for installing the siding panels in substantially a same plane.

11. The vented and water control weatherproofing product of claim 4, further comprising a second unitary siding panel of one piece construction having a front surface and a back surface, the back surface of the second siding panel including an additional omnidirectional relief pattern;

the front surface of the first siding panel having at least one securing hole that respectively corresponds with a raised element of the omnidirectional relief pattern of the second siding panel.

12. The vented and water control weatherproofing product of claim 4, wherein the plurality of raised elements are positioned in a grid pattern.

13. The vented and water control weatherproofing product of claim 12, wherein the raised elements are raised bumps or dots with air space on all sides.

14. The vented and water control weatherproofing product of claim 12, wherein the raised elements are in an egg-crate pattern.

15. The vented and water control weatherproofing product of claim 12, wherein the back surface has a top and a bottom and one of said raised elements at the bottom of the back surface has a height that is greater than another of said raised elements at the top of the back surface.

16. The vented and water control weatherproofing product of claim 12, wherein the back surface has a top and a bottom and one of said raised elements at the top of the back surface has a height that is greater than another of said raised elements at the bottom of the back surface.

17. The vented and water control weatherproofing product of claim 4, further comprising a second unitary siding panel of one piece construction having a front surface and a back surface, the back surface of the second siding panel including an additional omnidirectional relief pattern;

the first and second siding panels having corresponding overlapping structures for aligning the first and second siding panels in substantially a same plane.

18. The vented and water control weatherproofing product of claim 17, the omnidirectional relief pattern of each panel being located on the back surface but not the overlapping structure.

19. A system for facilitating water drainage and air ventilation, the system comprising:

a structure having a surface layer; and

a unitary exterior weatherproofing panel of one piece construction for securing to the surface layer of the structure, the exterior weatherproofing panel having an interior facing surface and an exterior facing surface, the interior facing surface having an omnidirectional relief pattern of raised elements thereon and projecting therefrom;

the interior facing surface disposed adjacent to the surface layer of the structure;

wherein the omnidirectional relief pattern forms an omnidirectional ventilation and drainage plane; and

wherein the unitary exterior weatherproofing panel comprises an overlap region on the interior facing surface for overlapping a second unitary exterior weatherproofing panel;

wherein the overlap region does not include the omnidirectional relief pattern.

20. The system of claim 19, the unitary exterior weatherproofing panel comprising a first lapped siding panel, and the structure further comprising a second lapped siding panel of one piece construction, each siding panel respectively having the exterior facing surface and the interior facing surface having the omnidirectional relief pattern of raised elements thereon;

wherein the omnidirectional relief pattern of the first siding panel forms contact points on the exterior facing surface of the second siding panel when the first and second siding panels are adjacent to each other.

21. The system of claim 19, the omnidirectional relief pattern positioned in a grid pattern of said raised elements.

22. The system of claim 19, the omnidirectional relief pattern having a thickness of ⅛

of an inch and a separation distance of ½

of an inch between each said raised element of the omnidirectional relief pattern.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein the exterior weatherproofing panel is a first siding panel, and further comprising a second siding panel, each siding panel being of one piece construction, each siding panel having the exterior facing surface and the interior facing surface having the omnidirectional relief pattern of raised elements thereon, the first and second panel joining at a butt joint such that the first and second panels are substantially in a same plane;

the structure further comprising a flashing located behind at least one of the first and second siding panels and between the butt joint.

24. The system of claim 19, wherein the exterior weatherproofing panel is a first siding panel, and further comprising a second siding panel, each siding panel being of one piece construction, the exterior surface of the first siding panel having at least one securing hole that corresponds with a respective raised element of the omnidirectional relief pattern of the second siding panel.

25. The system of claim 19, the exterior weatherproofing panel being a siding panel, the omnidirectional relief pattern forming contact points between the siding panel and the surface layer of the structure.

26. The system of claim 25, the surface layer of the structure including a weather resistant layer.

27. The system of claim 25, the surface layer of the structure including a sheathing layer.

28. The system of claim 19, the exterior weatherproofing panel comprising a trim-board panel, the omnidirectional relief pattern forming contact points between the trim-board panel and the surface layer of the structure.

29. The system of claim 28, the surface layer of the structure being at least one of a weather resistant layer and a sheathing layer.

30. The system of claim 19, the surface layer of the structure being a sheathing layer, the omnidirectional relief pattern forming contact points between the sheathing layer and the exterior weatherproofing panel.

31. The system of claim 30, the exterior weatherproofing panel being at least one of a siding panel, a cladding layer, and a trim-board panel.

32. The system of claim 30, the sheathing layer further comprising another omnidirectional relief pattern of raised elements on a surface thereof.

33. The system of claim 32, the sheathing layer being attached to sidewall framing of the structure.

34. The system of claim 32, the sheathing layer being attached to a rafter of a roof of the structure.

35. The system of claim 19, wherein the exterior weatherproofing panel is a first siding panel, and further comprising a second siding panel, each siding panel being of one piece construction, the first and second siding panels having corresponding overlapping structures for aligning the first and second siding panels in substantially a same plane.

36. The system of claim 35, the omnidirectional relief pattern of each panel being located on the back surface but not the overlapping structure.