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Building wall panels and method of making the same

US4366197A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 28, 1980
Grant dateDec 28, 1982
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Expiry dateJul 28, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24438
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An exterior, deep embossed, shingle lap siding system for building well and roof structures comprising rectangular building panels having a decorative outer weather resistant surface embossed to resemble, when assembled, a plurality of rows of shingle elements laid side-by-side, said weather resistant outer surface including a lower edge portion projecting downwardly below the upper edge portion of the next subjacent row and having an irregular lower edge embossed to resemble the lower edges of a row of variable length shingles placed side-by-side. A method for making said rectangular building panels includes the steps of deep embossing a plurality of rows of said shingle elements on an integral sheet of pressed wood fibers or other suitable building material, the forming of a discontinuity of irregular appearance between adjacent rows and reducing the thickness of the lower edge of each row to separate the adjacent rows while providing an area of reduced thickness for overlapping adjacent rows of said building panels.

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