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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vyacheslav S. Grinshpun, Midland, MI (US);
Michael E. Schaller, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 1/74 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 1/74 ;
Abstract
An insulating polymer foam sheet having two major sides and at least one groove in at least one of said sides. At least a portion of the foam sheet adjacent to the groove is compressible and resilient, and has a length and height the same as the adjacent groove. Each groove and compressible portion is of a width that permits the groove to receive and tightly fit around a support member in a frame building construction.