Boral IP Holdings (australia) Pty Limited

Westlake Royal Building Products Inc.

Kenneth Bruns

Russell Hill

Brian Below

Bob Rathbone

Russ Majors

Hamed Lakrout

Guy Crocco

Brian Shaw

Soufiane Mohand-Kaci

Nicholas Garcia

Joel Charlton

Wayne Joseph Buoni

Robert F Rathbone

David Chris Hines

A panel is configured for attachment to a mounting surface of a building structure. The panel includes a first end surface and a second end surface, spaced from each other along a longitudinal axis; a top edge surface and a bottom edge surface, spaced from each other and offset from the longitudinal axis; and an inner surface and an outer surface, opposed to each other and extending from the first end surface and the second end surface. The inner surface includes a contact portion and a contour portion. The contact portion is disposed on a reference plane. The contour portion is contoured toward the outer surface, away from the reference plane, such that the contour portion defines a channel. The channel extends along at least a portion of a length of the panel, between the first end surface and the second end surface.

Panel for attachment to a mounting surface of a building structure and method of making the same

Panel

A wall panel for installation on a supporting wall includes a facing surface that includes a plurality of separate and spaced apart design elements. The design elements define a channel therebetween. The panel also includes a backing surface having at least one rib opposite the channel. The rib extends transversely across the backing surface, such as a parallel to one of the upper or lower edges of the panel or at an angle between 0 and 90 relative to one of the upper or lower edges of panel. Fasteners are engagable through the channel and the rib for securing the wall panel to the supporting wall. Upon installation of the wall panel on the supporting wall, one or more air gaps are defined by the rib and the backing surface opposite the design elements. The rib provides additional material opposite the channel to prevent the panel from breaking during installation.

Wall panel with rain screen

Siding

Building material

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Charlotte, NC, United States of America

Kenneth Bruns