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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2014
Deco Nat Inc., Bromont, CA;
Pierre Wilkie, Westmount, CA;
Martine Morand, Montreal, CA;
Ricardo Borja, Montreal, CA;
Mike Streicher, Lasalle, CA;
Bertin Castonguay, Magog, CA;
Michel Bouchard, Riviere-des-Prairies, CA;
Pierre Luc Duchesne, Shefford, CA;
Benoit Deragon, Granby, CA;
DECO NAT Inc., Bromont, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
A modular siding panel for mortarless application to a building structure is disclosed, which includes a structure for capturing and draining infiltrated water within the panel. In a preferred embodiment, the siding panel includes a rigid facing panel made of weather resistant material and having a front face exposed in an installed condition of the panel and top, bottom and side edges for engagement with like panels positioned adjacent thereto; and a supporting spacer fastened to the rear surface of the facing panel, the spacer including a mounting portion for attachment of the siding panel to the building structure and a water management portion for capturing infiltrated water which has seeped past the front face along one or more of the edges and draining the captured infiltrated water while sealed within the modular siding panel and away from the building structure.