Modular system for cladding exterior walls of a structure and insulating the structure walls

US8429866B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• Douglas James Knight · Deer Park, US
• David A. Knight · Bainbridge Island, US
• Kenneth Lee Knight · Deer Park, US
• Harley W. Simonson · Deer Park, US
• Joel R. SCHWARTZ · Burnaby, CA
• Scott Croasdale · North Vancouver, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 6, 2010
• Grant date: Apr 30, 2013
• Expiry date: Dec 6, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02B30/90
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A modular system for cladding exterior walls of a structure and insulating the structure walls provides thermally isolated vertical girders secured to a structural wall. The thermally isolated vertical girders positionally maintain insulation adjacent the structure and provide a means for mounting exterior wall cladding to the structure. Planar wall panels carrying exterior wall cladding elements mount directly or indirectly to the vertical girders. Corner elements, carrying exterior corner cladding elements interconnect with the underlying system and visually appear to interconnect with adjacent edge portions of the planar wall panels.