Abstract: A composite weatherboard having a timber member and a metal exterior sheath. The sheath is extruded with longitudinal projections which are fitted and pressed into permanent engagement with corresponding grooves or tongues provided in the timber member thereby obviating the need to use an adhesive or other fastener.

Abstract: A roofing panel for use on inclined roofing support structures wherein the panel is formed of sheet material and is configured in section from its higher to its lower end such as to define at its upper end a downwardly depending foot arranged in use to enable securement to the roof support structure at or adjacent its higher end and then an upwardly extending ridge lower than the foot and having in its side facing the lower end of the panel, a slot; the lower end of the panel including a downwardly directed ridge arranged in use to overly the ridge of the next succeeding lower panel and including a tongue directed towards the higher end of the panel and lying beneath the under surface of the panel and arranged in use to engage with the slot in the upwardly directed ridge of the next succeeding lower panel for positive location therewithin, whereby the panel in use lies over the downward depending securement foot of the next succeeding lower panel.

Abstract: A floor including a plurality of tiles inter engaging each other by tongue and groove engagement. The tiles include a cement base portion cut to a desired size for a floor tile and being coated with a waterproof coating to substantially maintain the moisture content of the cement at a constant level. The tile also includes a veneer layer on top of the base portion having a combination of wood and vinyl to provide a thin layer having the appearance of wood and a vinyl surface facing up from the layer. In a preferred embodiment the cement base portion includes a pair of parallel sides having tongue and groove cuts along opposite parallel sides to provide interlocking engagement with an adjacent tile. The underside of the groove is angled at an angle sufficient to provide a relief space at the engagement of a groove in an adjacent tile.

Abstract: A simulated log siding for a cabin, house or other building is disclosed which can be constructed of tree heartwood, such as oak, or vinyl plastic. In the heartwood species, elongated planks are provided which have an outwardly bowed outer facing surface and a fiat inwardly facing surface. Each plank contains a notched inwardly facing lower edge and a rail extending along an upper edge of the outwardly bowed surface. The rail of a lower row of such planks inserts into the rabbet joint of an immediately adjacent upper row of such planks to provide a moisture barrier between adjoining rows. In the vinyl plastic species elongated planks are provided which also have an outwardly bowed outer facing surface. A flat panel is attached along an upper edge of the bowed surface which contains an outwardly projecting, downwardly opening catch channel or member.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a tongue and groove product which comprises a first and second major surface and a first and second longitudinal edge. The first longitudinally edge includes a longitudinally-extending groove. The second longitudinal edge includes a longitudinally-extending protruding tongue for interlockingly engaging a complimentary grooved longitudinal edge of an adjacent tongue and groove board. The protruding tongue has an upper and a lower longitudinally-extending surface. The major design feature of this invention is that the protruding tongue has at least one substantially vertically-extending opening formed therein. Each of the openings extends through the protruding tongue from said longitudinally-extending upper surface to said longitudinally-extending lower surface for providing at least one drain path for water to drain by gravity from said first major surface downwardly through each said vertically-extending opening.

Abstract: A lightweight roofing shingle or tile having an elongated body with top and bottom surfaces that taper lengthwise of the body, the body having laterally spaced, elongated edges; the body having a mid-region and a recess sunk upwardly into the mid-region, from the bottom surface; the recess extending widthwise of the body to intersect the body laterally spaced edges whereby the recess is adapted to receive a batten to support the body mid-region when installed on a roof. A secondary taper on the tile bottom surface engages the roof to provide leverage resisting wind up-lift forces exerted on the lightweight tile acting to rotate the tile about a nailing point fulcrum.

Abstract: A panel element for use as a roof tile or other building element, e.g. on a vertical surface, is molded in one piece and includes upper, lower and left and right marginal edge regions. To facilitate securing the panel in place, the upper edge region may include fastening apertures. The lower marginal edge region of each panel is secured to the upper edge region of another panel in a lower row of panels. For this purpose, interlocking formations are provided in the upper and lower marginal edge regions, with the locking formation in the upper marginal edge region being below the nail apertures. This locking formation can serve both to prevent water travelling up to the nail apertures and as a locking formation. Support ribs under the panels can provide both uniform support from an underlying planar surface, and can also form the locking formations. The panel can be molded in any suitable material to simulate a variety of known tiles or other building elements.

Abstract: A wood flooring product for assembly into a wood floor is disclosed. The flooring product includes a top, decorative layer, an intermediate layer bonded to the top layer, and a base layer bonded to the intermediate layer. The top, intermediate and base layers are bonded in registration to define a laminated elongate wood flooring strip. A tongue and a groove are formed on respective side edges of the flooring strip. The tongue and groove extend along the length of the flooring strip, and lock adjacent flooring strips together side-to-side to form an assembled wood floor. The base layer has a multiplicity of closely spaced-apart scores cut transverse to the length of the flooring strip along substantially the entire length of the flooring strip. The scores relieve stress and increase flexibility in the wood strip for more closely adhering to irregularities of a sub-floor.

Abstract: The present invention includes panels having longitudinal sides configured for lateral engagement of the panels an include a drainage channel hidden by a jut or wing of the panel arranged immediately beside the channel. The channel collects possible infiltrations through joints arranged between the laterally coupled panels. The panels also include a slot at one end and an extension at the other end which, when are coupled together by overlapping and axial sliding. The panels have a space in which a securing staple is arranged to secure the panels to a support structure. The staple is spaced apart from the channel and hidden by the jut of the next lateral panel, so that the securing devices are isolated from the outside. In a preferred embodiment, one of the sides of the panels has a cross section with a smaller cross section than the rest of the panel so that it can be coupled by longitudinal sliding into a slot of complementary form arranged at the other end of the panels.

Abstract: A wall covering comprising a plurality of plastic molded panels each having a relatively thin body portion formed with rows of simulated shake shingles. The panels are mounted on a support surface, such as a wall or roof, in a plurality of vertically spaced horizontal courses with a lower marginal edge region of the panels in one course overlapping and sealingly engaging the upper marginal edge regions of the panels in the course immediately below and with side marginal edge regions of adjacent panels overlapping in sealing engagement. The side marginal edge regions of each panel are formed with a plurality of vertically spaced integrally formed hooks depending from the underside thereof for snap action insertion through respective hook receiving apertures formed in the underlying side marginal edge region of the adjacent panel for maintaining the overlapping marginal edge regions of the panels in engaged relation.

Abstract: Molded exterior building panels formed from thermoplastic material and method of making and installing such panels in aligned relationship on building structures An upper margin of a building panel includes nail slots for fastening to a building An upwardly projecting lip along the top defines an engageable mounting groove behind this lip. A horizontally extending mounting hook on the back of a lower margin of each panel provides for hooking engagement with lip and groove of a next lower installed panel. During installation such hooking engagement advantageously supports the weight of a panel being installed and automatically provides alignment of the panel with the next lower installed panel, thereby freeing an installer from the burden of holding a panel in a desired position at a desired level while driving nails through the nail slots.

Abstract: A dado joint is provided between first and second members and includes at least one elongated groove formed in the first member of a constant width and constantly varying depth in the likeness of a shallow, smoothly curving sine wave. The second member includes a marginal edge tongue of constant thickness for mating with and snug reception within the groove, the tongue including a sine wave likeness longitudinal contour corresponding to the aforementioned sine wave and being seated and secured in the groove.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a tongue and groove product which comprises a first and second major surface and a first and second longitudinal edge. The first longitudinally edge including means defines a longitudinally-extending groove. The second longitudinal edge includes a longitudinally-extending protruding tongue for interlockingly engaging a complimentary grooved longitudinal edge of an adjacent tongue and groove board. The protruding tongue has an upper and a lower longitudinally-extending surface. The major design feature of this invention is that the protruding tongue has at least one substantially vertically-extending opening formed therein. Each of the openings extends through the protruding tongue from said longitudinally-extending upper surface to said longitudinally-extending lower surface for providing at least one drain path for water to drain by gravity from said first major surface downwardly through each said vertically-extending opening.

Abstract: A watertight and fire proof system for covering a roof is provided which comprises a plurality of tile elements which interlock in a horizontal direction relative the roof. The individual tiles can be interlocked and oriented relative each other to enable the selectable displacement of adjacent tile elements along a sloping direction of the roof which is perpendicular to the horizontal direction. An upper edge of a first one of the adjacent tile elements can be positioned at a different slope level of the roof relative an upper edge of a second one of the adjacent tile elements. Orientation of a first tile element relative a second tile element in the sloping direction is limited by contact between a lower flange of the first tile element and the abutting edge of the second tile element.

Abstract: A flat sheet, having nailing tabs on both sides or edges thereof is to be fastened directly onto existing clapboard or shingles. The tabs are so configured that juxtaposed panels can be interdigitated via the tabs, and the sheets obscure the nailing tabs. The panels have ledges in which to nest the lowermost course of the to-be-sheathed clapboard or shingles, and a stub projecting from one side of the sheets is slidably received by a juxtaposed panel to effect a linear alignment of the juxtaposed panels.

Abstract: A pressed elongate cover profile made from a mixture of a fiber material and a binding material and having opposite end portions, a groove formed in one of said opposite end portions, a tongue on the other of said opposite end portions, a wall thickness which changes continuously from the one end portion to the other end portion, and a greater packing of an end portion with a greater wall thickness than that of the end portion with a smaller wall thickness, at least an outer surface of the cover profile which is visible after mounting of the cover profile, being lined with a firmly attached protective layer, and a method of and an apparatus for manufacturing such a cover profile.

Abstract: A siding panel formed from a body of hardboard material is formed with a locking tongue at or adjacent its upper edge and a locking seat at its lower edge. The locking tongue of one panel is arranged to be seated in the locking seat of another panel when adjacent panels are arranged with their marginal edge portions overlapping one another in use. The locking seat is in the form of a notch which is formed in the back face of the body of the panel. The notch extends upwardly from the lower edge and underlies the lower marginal edge portion of the panel.

Abstract: An interlocking roof tile is formed as a single integral member having at least two tile elements lying in different planes so that a step is formed between them, the tile elements being offset from each other both along a row direction and transverse to a row direction so that one tile element will lie in a row above and laterally offset from the other.

Abstract: An improved roofing material of the type which utilizes elongated planks nailed directly to the rafters. Each plank has a tongue along the upper edge and a groove along the lower edge. The improvement relates to the form of the gasket which has several beads along its length together with a thin layer or strip of wax approximately two inches wide is applied to the upper side of the tongue adjacent to where the gasket material will sit.

Abstract: A metallic panel for use in a roof, for example, is disclosed. It comprises a part (second part) destined to be left exposed even after the metallic panel is overlaid by another metallic panel and a part (first part) destined to be overlaid by the second part of the other metallic panel. The boundary between the first part and the second part is so constructed as to be joined fast to the lower edge of the second part of another metallic panel. The metallic panel is provided along the edge of the first and second parts respectively with a rising rib formed by bending the edge in an upper inward direction and a falling rib formed by bending the edge in a lower inward direction. It is further provided on the surface of the first part with a plurality of oblong reinforcing protuberances arrayed parallelly in the vertical direction.

Abstract: A roofing panel assembly including, in combination, a first roofing panel and a second roofing panel. Each roofing panel comprises a body plate portion and an edge attaching portion. The edge attaching portion of the first roofing panel includes an outwardly extending plate portion, a bridge plate portion offset from the body portion, a transition portion, and a return bend flange portion. A sealant strip extends lengthwise of the transition portion and between the bridge plate portion and return bend flange. The edge attaching portion of the second roofing panel includes an outwardly extending plate portion, a bridge plate portion offset from the body plate portion, a first return bend flange, a transition portion of the second roofing panel, a second return bend flange, an inwardly extending plate portion, and an attachment flange. Means in the attachment flange attaches the attachment flange to a sheathing member.

Abstract: The invention concerns an extruded concrete roof tile of the kind which is designed to be laid in broken bond, is generally rectangular in plan view and has underlying and overlying side lock portions at opposed edges respectively. The upper surface of the tile at the upper end thereof, when on the roof, is recessed to receive the side locks of two similar upper tiles laid in broken bond, and the underlying side lock portion is cut away at the lower end of the tile so that the lower end portion of the tile may lie over the upper surface of the tiles down the roof (in use) to extend beyond the said recessed portions of the lower tiles. The recessed portion is arranged to receive the tile hanging nibs of an identical tile when the two tiles are stacked one upon the other.

Abstract: A hopper for bulk material comprising a non-deformable skeleton supporting a deformable wall structure in such a manner through suspension members that slight movements of the wall can be taken up without scoring.

Abstract: Decorative wall covering panels are disclosed which sealingly fit against a wall and thereby protect the wall surface from the deteriorating effects of weather. Horizontally and vertically abutting panels which simulate real shingles, such as cedar shake shingles, overlap each other on all edges when installed. Sealing surfaces are provided around the periphery of the inside surface of the panels. The fitting arrangement of the overlapping edges between panels serves to make and maintain the seals between the panels and the wall.

Abstract: A building panel for exterior and interior wall and roof surface includes an elongated body formed of a relatively thin walled, molded hardboard material having upper and lower edges, opposite ends, an outer weather face adapted to resemble the profiles historical or traditional siding and shingle shapes and a back face generally contoured to match the outer surface. The body includes a lower edge portion extending upwardly and outwardly of the lower edge of the panel which joins an intermediate fascia portion spaced outwardly of the lower edge. An elongated fastener receiving strip is formed along an upper edge of the intermediate fascia portion and includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart fastener receiving depressions integrally molded therein.

Abstract: A display panel constructed from a plurality of similar panel members 10 having a cross-section shaped to provide an undercut recess 14, 16 extending throughout its length along at least one of its longitudinal edges. Each panel member has a formation 22, 26 along one longitudinal edge and a correspondingly shaped formation 22, 26, along another longitudinal edge, so that the panel member can form a tongue and groove joint with a similar panel member. The relationship between the undercut recess and the adjacent formation is such that when a joint with another panel member is effected the undercut recess remains open. Thus the panel members can be used to construct a slatted panel display system.

Abstract: Pre-fabricated modular panels for attachment to the exterior walls of existing buildings to provide supplementary insulation. The panels include exterior facing, vertical support ribs, spacer members, a fastening strip secured to the spacer members and compressible insulation mounted from the vertical ribs to provide a ventilation space between the insulation and the facing. When the fastening strip is fastened to the building exterior wall, the insulation contacts said wall and is compressed thereagainst in contour accommodating relationship.

Abstract: A facing material for a building is disclosed which is capable of effectively and readily carrying out the lateral connection between facing materials as well as the vertical connection. The facing material comprises a flat plate body which is formed at both side ends thereof with a side fit-in section and a side fit-on section which are adapted to be readily securely fitted with respect to the side fit-on section of a first laterally adjacent facing material and the side fit-on section of a second laterally adjacent facing material opposite to the first one. Also, a method for vertically and laterally connecting facing materials together is disclosed which is capable of readily forming an outer face of a wall or a roof of a building.

Abstract: A roof panel includes opposing edges having complementary tongue-in-groove configurations to provide a modified ship-lap joint with an overlapping face between adjacent, abutting roof panels. The panels are used on pitched roofs with the inter-panel joint normally running horizontally. The lower edge of a first panel positioned higher on the roof is provided with a rabbet and an extended portion running the length of the panel. The rabbet includes a groove extending the length thereof and into which a sealant rod or a caulk strip may be inserted. The abutting edge of a second, immediately adjacent lower panel is similarly provided with a complementary rabbet and extended portion for insertion in the first panel's rabbet. Self-tapping screws positioned along the length of the joint are inserted from beneath through the second panel's lower, thin edge, the first panel's extended portion, and then through the second panel's extended portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a constant contact panel interlock even during thermal expansion and contraction by providing flexible pins to bear on a tongue in a tongue and groove interlock and also by providing ramps for a bendable flange to slide over and bear on. Further, a material made of polypropylene with 20% calcium carbonate filler is used to form the panels, such material being sufficiently flexible at the temperatures common for panels exposed to direct sunlight (as on a roof or wall) to permit the pins or flange to bend without breaking and also being a material of much lower coefficient of expansion than pure polypropylene.

Abstract: An upstanding side wall comprises wood plank members having opposite planar outwardly facing vertical surfaces. The longitudinal side edges are bifurcated symmetrically with respect to a vertical central plane bisecting the two planar surfaces. The bifurcations are curved in horizontal cross-section to form a pair of curved tongues with an intermediate concave curved recess between the tongues. Each recess receives a mating tongue of an adjacent vertical plank member. Each member is symmetrical about the central plane and also about a midplane perpendicular to the central plane and midway between the bifurcations. Alternate members may comprise members corresponding substantially to a half of such a member cut along the central plane. A low density soft foam sealant is applied in a groove at the bottom of each recess.

Abstract: A composite roofing panel having an upper sheet material panel portion (10) with upstanding male and female edge flanges (14 and 15, respectively) adapted to be interlocked by relative lateral movement with the edges of like panels, and having a lower insulation panel portion (20) with male and female edges (18 and 17, respectively) adapted to be interengaged with the male and female edges of like panels by relative lateral movement.

Abstract: A roofing tile having on its bottom surface a rear edge flange, a pair of stabilizing pawls and a plurality of longitudinal ribs, said tile also having along its front edge bottom surface a lateral rib and further having projections on its lateral rib and recesses on its rear edge flange; said tile is able to be supported on a shingle by said stabilizing pawls and longitudinal ribs and is also stabilized by engaging the projections with the recesses of a subjacent tile, as a result the tile may distribute given load to several supporting points, preventing itself from being cracked and also may be installed regularly with ease without being disordered.

Abstract: Preformed panels having a layer of insulation secured to the rear surface of a facing layer are retained in position against a wall by horizontally disposed banding having resiliently coupled ends. A vertical member along one side edge portion of a panel has a spring portion terminating in a flange angled outwardly away from the facing sheet so that a side edge portion of the next adjacent facing sheet may be inserted therebetween and clamped against the facing sheet of the first panel to thereby interlock adjacent horizontally disposed panels.

Abstract: An improved insulated vinyl siding system for houses and other buildings is disclosed. A sheet of foam insulation is disposed and held in place in the back of the siding panels in such a way to leave two air spaces, one between the insulation and the siding panel and the second between the insulation and the house surface. Openings are provided in the siding panels and act in cooperation with openings in the house to allow escape of trapped moistured air from the second air space.

Abstract: A contoured building panel is provided which is adapted to be secured to a building structure by concealed fasteners. The panel has improved nestability with other like panels in a vertical stack for storage and shipment such that the stack of nested panels has a relatively small stack height. The panel has a body portion having at least one longitudinally extending channel with opposed substantially continuously diverging sidewalls and edge structures on both sides of the channel mouth projecting laterally outwardly from the body portion of each panel. One edge structure has a reverse bend therein forming a laterally open groove for receiving a portion of the opposite edge structure of an adjacent panel and a fastening edge portion for securing the panel to a building structure by fastening means which in an assembled condition underlies a portion of the adjacent panel near the opposite lateral edge. Both compression and tension locking building panels are provided.

Abstract: A unitary combined backer and siding board is sufficiently thick and strong to eliminate the need for backer boards or plyscore as a substrate on the studs of the walls of a building. The board is standard, commercially available stock with parallel front and rear faces and of uniform thickness of about one and one quarter inches. The upper edge has a front, upstanding tongue of curved cross section which fits in a tongue groove of curved cross section in the lower edge. The upper edge is free of grooving and has a downward sloping surface between the upstanding tongue and the rear face to shed rainwater. A compressible sealing gasket is located between tongue and tongue groove.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a panel wall construction comprising a plurality of hollow construction panels. The construction panels are fabricated from sheet metal to define opposite interengaging panel edges. One of said edges is arranged to receive fasteners for securing the panel wall to standards. A unique clip fits over the panel edge arranged to receive fasteners and is held in place by the fastener. The clip has a resilient tab which cooperates to provide snap action engagement of the unfastened edge of the adjacent panel with the fastened edge of the already secured panel.

Abstract: Disclosed is an exterior grade hardboard siding panel which gives the appearance of vertically-applied solid lumber planks having a bead and cove detail. The front surface of the panel has a plurality of adjacent areas which each simulate a vertical solid wood plank. Each of these areas has a cove recess at one edge and a bead adjacent to a cove at the opposite edge. The areas are arranged with the cove of one area and the cove adjacent to the bead of an adjacent area, both facing the bead. The coves are separated from the bead by narrow grooves which provide good breaking points in the design and added damage resistance at the edges of the panels which are joined with shiplap joints.

Abstract: A prefabricated insulated panel includes a sheet-like face member and an insulating mat extending along one surface of the face member. Complementary male and female formations extend along opposed edges of the face member and are adapted to matingly couple adjacent panels to form a contiguously extending insulated wall structure. The face member has an upstanding flange which is offset from one of the edges of the face member and which cooperates with such edge to define a recess adapted to receive the insulating mat of the next adjacent panel therein. The flange is adapted to facilitate attachment of the panel to a support and in a manner aiding in preventing heat flow through the panel. Each panel has a side edge structure which is constructed and arranged to minimize heat transmission through abutting side joints of adjacent panels while, at the same time, allowing for expansion and contraction of the panels.

Abstract: A construction panel is provided for use with other such panels to build up siding on a building structure. The panel includes similar marginal portions each of which defines a channel and an adjacent tongue which extends outwardly from the channel. The shape of the channel is such that it can receive the tongue of an adjacent panel for assembling panels to build up siding.

Abstract: A panel of molded plastic or cured composite materials configured to span the space between a pair of beam or support members by a slideable engagement between each of the opposite ends of the panel and its adjacent beam or support member, and the panel sealingly and lockingly engageable along each of its opposite edges to another panel adjacent each edge of the first panel. The panels are fabricated whereby the panel end engagement means with the beam or support members define a predetermined path which in turn is variable as the panels can be arcuately flexed widthwise upon installation engagement with the beam or support members while at the same time minimizing load deflection of the panels lengthwise when installed.

Abstract: Elements designed for use in connection with furniture, interior fittings and like details, said elements being adaptable to form in assembled condition a surface coating on existing structures and to constitute by themselves such structures, said elements having a small thickness in relation to their surface area.The elements, at least two of which are to be placed in one of two parallel planes, have projections arranged as spacing means between elements situated in one and the same plane, the interspace created between the elements by said spacing means being so formed that it constitutes an undercut sliding and/or supporting groove intended to coact with a per se known guiding rib in a drawer, a shelf or the like.

Abstract: A roof structure of the type having a plurality of wooden beams whose sides are provided with mortices for receiving end edges of roofing panels. The invention improves the strength of the structure by employing a generally zig-zag or corrugated cross-section by arranging the mortices such that at least a major portion of each mortice extends at an acute angle with respect to the elongation of the beam, which generally corresponds to the direction of wood grain. The invention thus provides the advance of an increased strength of the structure as compared with prior art which is typical by the mortices being generally straight and/or parallel with the elongation of the wood grain which normally corresponds to the elongation of the beam.

Abstract: A four corner joint between wall panels of the type comprising outer and inner skins connected by an insulating core, and having marginal connecting means formed along the opposite longitudinal edges of the outer skin. The outer and inner skins and the core co-terminate at the upper ends of the lower wall panels. The outer skins of the upper wall panels have lapping ends which extend downwardly beyond the lower ends of the upper wall panels and which overlap the wall panels. The marginal connecting means are substantially entirely removed along the length of the lapping ends of the upper panels to preclude interfering with the interconnection of corresponding marginal connecting means in the lower wall panels.

Abstract: A metal roofing shingle having a main body portion of a generally trapezoidal configuration. A holding strip is utilized for supporting and backing the shingle, when applied to a roof. The entire structure is waterproof, easy to install and extremely durable. The trapezoidal shape of the shingle body provides a unique arrangement whereby moisture which may be driven thereunder by rain storms is readily drained.

Abstract: The roof section comprises a quadrilateral substrate and a roof covering on the top thereof. The covering comprises shingle-like roof plates, the bodies of which have a tapering cross section in one cross sectional plane thereof. The plates are arranged in at least two elongated parallel, relatively transversely offset but overlapping relatively top and bottom series. Each series has a plurality of the plates, and the plates are arranged in each series so that the bodies of the plates are staggered in overlapping relationship to one another lengthwise of the series. Also, the tapering cross sections of the plates are disposed lengthwise of the series.

Abstract: A self-interlocking standing seam for a building panel. The panel includes a male element on one lateral edge and a female element on the other lateral edge. The male element is wedged into a channel on the female element and is locked in place by a skirt on the female element. A fastener can be located on the panel lateral edge having either the male or female element thereon for securing the panel to a building element, such as a purlin.

Abstract: A siding panel and siding panel assembly. Each panel has a pair of ridges near the top edge so that the top edge of the panel can be nailed to a substrate while remaining spaced therefrom. The bottom edge of each panel is provided with a flange terminating in an inverted U-shaped opening adapted to engage the upper edge of an adjacent panel.

Abstract: A prefabricated insulating panel and mounting assembly providing an outer metallic sheet together with an inner batt of insulation material carried thereon, with the outer metallic sheet providing a longitudinally extending clip to which is attached a hanger whereby the panel may be fixedly positioned upon a supporting structure to be insulated.