SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VENTED AND WATER CONTROL SIDING, VENTED AND WATER CONTROL SHEATHING AND VENTED AND WATER CONTROL TRIM-BOARD

• US 20150233121A1
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Published: 08/20/2015
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 9,394,696 B2
• Time in Patent Office: 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 panel for securing to the exterior of a structure, comprising:

an omnidirectional relief pattern formed on a back surface of the vented and water control panel;

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

2. The vented and water control panel for securing to the exterior of structure of claim 1, wherein the omnidirectional relief pattern is formed as a grid pattern of raised elements.

3. The vented and water control panel for securing to the exterior of structure of claim 2, wherein the raised elements are raised bumps or “

dots”

with air space on all sides.

4. The vented and water control panel of claim 2, wherein the raised elements are in an egg-crate pattern.

5. The vented and water control panel for securing to the exterior of structure of claim 1, further comprising a securing hole on a front surface of vented and water control panel that corresponds to at least one element of the omnidirectional relief pattern.

6. The vented and water control panel for securing to the exterior of structure of claim 1, further comprising overlapping structures for installing a first vented and water control panel substantially coplanar with a second, adjacent vented and water control panel.

7. The vented and water control panel for securing to the exterior of structure of claim 2, wherein the back surface has a top and a bottom and a raised element at the bottom of the back side has a height that is greater than a raised element at the top of the back side.

8. The vented and water control panel for securing to the exterior of structure of claim 2, wherein the back surface has a top and a bottom and a raised element at the top of the back side has a height that is greater than a raised element at the bottom of the back side.

9. The vented and water control siding for securing to the exterior of structure of claim 1, wherein the omnidirectional drainage plane forms an omnidirectional path, such that moisture and/or air may move substantially unimpeded along the siding'"'"'s length and width.

10. The vented and water control panel for securing to the exterior of structure of claim 1, the panel being formed as a trim board panel.

11. The vented and water control panel for securing to the exterior of structure of claim 1, the panel being formed as siding.

12. The vented and water control panel for securing to the exterior of structure of claim 1, the panel being formed as cladding.

13. The vented and water control panel for securing to the exterior of structure of claim 1, the panel being formed as insulation, wherein an additional omnidirectional relief pattern formed on a front surface of the vented and water control panel;

wherein the additional omnidirectional relief pattern forms an additional omnidirectional ventilation and drainage plane for moving water and water vapor.

14. A vented and water control panel sheathing, comprising:

a panel body having an outer face, and an inner face;

a plurality of raised surface features extending from the outer face in the form of an omnidirectional relief pattern to provide points of contact between the panel body and an exterior finish, when the exterior finish is applied with the sheathing; and

a plurality of channels formed between the raised surface features to facilitate omnidirectional draining and/or ventilation between the panel and the applied exterior finish.

15. The vented and water control panel sheathing of claim 14, further comprising a weather resistant barrier applied to the outer face, including the raised surface features and the channels.

16. The panel sheathing of claim 15, wherein the weather resistant barrier is applied in liquid form.

17. The panel sheathing of claim 16, wherein the weather resistant barrier is applied by spraying, painting or dipping the outer face.

18. The panel sheathing of claim 15, wherein the vented and water control panel is an Oriented Strand Board (OSB) panel sheathing and the raised surface features are formed from smaller wood strands forming the outer face;

wherein strands of the inner face and/or core are larger than the strands of the outer face.

19. The panel sheathing of claim 16, wherein the raised surface features are stamped or embossed into the outer face.

20. The panel sheathing of claim 16, the panel sheathing being formed from foam material, wherein the raised surface features are integral with the outer face.

21. The panel sheathing of claim 16, the raised surface comprising a plurality of dots protruding from the outer face.

22. The panel sheathing of claim 16, the omnidirectional relief pattern comprising an egg-crate pattern of the raised elements.

23. The panel sheathing of claim 16, further comprising:

another plurality of raised features extending from the inner face in the form of an omnidirectional relief pattern to provide points of contact between the panel body and an interior support of a building, when the sheathing is installed on the building.

24. The panel sheathing of claim 23, further comprising:

another plurality of raised features extending from the inner face in the form of an omnidirectional relief pattern to provide points of contact between the panel body and an interior support of a building, when the sheathing is installed on the building.

25. The panel sheathing of claim 23, the interior support being a roof rafter of the building.

26. A structure having improved water drainage and air ventilation, the structure comprising:

a first layer having an interior facing surface and an exterior facing surface, the exterior facing surface having an omnidirectional relief pattern of raised elements thereon;

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

27. The structure of claim 26, the first layer being a siding layer, the omnidirectional relief pattern forming contact points between the siding layer and an internal layer of the structure.

28. The structure of claim 27, the internal layer including a weather resistant layer.

29. The structure of claim 27, the internal layer including a sheathing layer.

30. The structure of claim 26, the first layer being a lapped siding layer, the omnidirectional relief pattern further forming contact points between a first siding board of the lapped siding layer and an exterior surface of an adjacent siding board of the lapped siding layer.

31. The structure of claim 26, the first layer comprising a trim-board layer, the omnidirectional relief pattern forming contact points between the trim-board layer and an internal layer of the structure.

32. The structure of claim 31, the internal layer of the structure being one or more of a weather resistant layer, and a sheathing layer.

33. The structure of claim 26, the first layer being a sheathing layer, the omnidirectional relief pattern forming contact points between the sheathing layer and an external layer of the structure.

34. The structure of claim 33, the external layer being one or more of a siding layer, a cladding layer, a trim-board layer, and a weather resistant layer.

35. The structure of claim 33, the sheathing layer further comprising another omnidirectional relief pattern of raised elements on the interior facing surface.

36. The structure of claim 35, the sheathing layer being attached to sidewall framing of the structure.

37. The structure of claim 35, the sheathing layer being attached to a rafter of a roof of the structure.

38. The structure of claim 26, the omnidirectional relief pattern being a grid pattern of raised elements.