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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2022
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Russell Hill, San Antonio, TX (US);
Soufiane Mohand-Kaci, San Antonio, TX (US);
Hamed Lakrout, San Antonio, TX (US);
Russ Majors, San Marcos, TX (US);
Robert Rathbone, San Antonio, TX (US);
Nicholas Garcia, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kenneth Bruns, Charlotte, NC (US);
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
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.