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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard L Waggoner, Riverside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alumax, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
52801 ; 52519 ; 5230913 ;
Abstract
A reinforced siding panel comprising, in combination, a metal sheet having interior and exterior surfaces and a contoured plastic sheet adhesively bonded to the interior surface of said metal sheet, wherein said plastic sheet includes a first regular pattern of protruding surfaces bonded to said interior surface of the metal sheet from said interior surface of the metal sheet. The plastic sheet provides greater rigidity to the panel while reducing the weight of the panel compared to a thicker metal sheet.