Patents Assigned to CertainTeed
  • Cladding system including a flexible grid and panels
    Patent number: 10907349
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to cladding that forms an architectural surface, for example, suitable for forming a ceiling. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a cladding system including a plurality of flexible grid members arranged so as to form a grid that extends in at least two dimensions and includes grid cells that are delimited by the flexible grid members and a plurality of panels supported by the grid. At least a first portion of the panels are arranged so as to form an architectural surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventors: Chunwei Fang, Joyce G. Kutty, Taylor J. McCabe, Sara Naja, Stefan M. Sehringer, Emily Robertson
  • Roofing product including roofing-grade asphalt mixture and methods of making the roofing product and the roofing-grade asphalt mixture
    Patent number: 10907302
    Abstract: A method of forming a roofing-grade asphalt mixture can include mixing a bio-asphalt including a partially oxidized bio-source material, a bitumen source material different from the bio-asphalt, and particles to form the roofing-grade asphalt mixture. In an embodiment, the bitumen source material can have a softening point of at least approximately 102° C. and a penetration distance no greater than approximately 20 dmm. In another embodiment, the roofing-grade asphalt mixture can have a softening point of at least approximately 104° C., a penetration distance no greater than approximately 12 dmm, a viscosity of at least approximately 3000 cps at a temperature of 177° C., or any combination thereof. The roofing-grade asphalt mixture can be applied to a base material to form a roofing product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael J. Franks, Sr.
  • Suspension ceiling with parallel vanes for building structures
    Patent number: 10900230
    Abstract: A suspended ceiling system for a building structure includes a plurality of parallel struts for supporting a plurality of parallel vanes suspended from the struts in perpendicular relationship thereto. The vanes can be suspended in downwardly spaced relationship to the struts or in contiguous relationship therewith and occur in different forms including illuminated vanes, adjustable vanes and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventor: Richard Mayer
  • Frame for a wall panel, wall panel, and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 10895077
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to siding, for example, suitable for covering a wall surface. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a frame for a wall panel. The frame includes a support strip extending in a lateral direction across the width of the wall panel and has first and second ends. The frame also includes a row of columns extending in a first direction from the support strip. Each column includes a proximal end attached to the support strip and a free distal end. The row of columns includes a first column disposed at a first end of the row of columns and laterally offset from the first end of the support strip, and a second column disposed at a second end of the row of columns and laterally offset from the second end of the support strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: CertainTeed LLC
    Inventors: James M. Smith, Christopher Michael Colyn, David J. Stucky
  • Variegated building product and method
    Patent number: 10882232
    Abstract: An injection molded product is disclosed and includes a shingle resembling a cedar shingle tile formed from an amorphous or semi-crystalline thermoplastic and having a wood grain direction. The injection molded product also includes streaks in the shingle that are substantially parallel to the wood grain direction and the streaks extend through an interior of the shingle and appear as contrasting streaks on an exterior of the shingle to form a variegated wood grain appearance. The injection molded product further includes an injection molded vestige in the shingle. The injection molded vestige is located adjacent to a perimeter of the shingle and the injection molded vestige comprises a location at which material entered an injection mold through a gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert D. Shaw, David J. Stucky, Travis R. Arbogast, Randall M. Elinski, Stephen W. Steffes
  • Interchangeable board and batten
    Patent number: 10876304
    Abstract: One aspect of the disclosure is a siding system including a first panel having a first end and a second end, where the second end of the first panel includes a locking clip, and where the second end of the first panel forms a first portion of a channel. The siding system also includes a second panel having a first end and a second end, where the first end of the second panel includes a locking leg sized to engage the locking clip of the first panel, and where the first end of the second panel forms a second portion of the channel when the first panel and the second panel are engaged. The system also includes a batten sized to be removably engaged within the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: CertainTeed LLC
    Inventor: Robert D. Shaw
  • Algae resistant roofing granules with controlled algaecide leaching rates, algae resistant shingles, and process for producing same
    Patent number: 10876294
    Abstract: Algae-resistant roofing granules are formed by extruding a mixture of mineral particles and a binder to form porous granule bodies, and algaecide is distributed in the pores. Release of the algaecide is controlled by the structure of the granules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: CertainTeed LLC
    Inventors: Keith C. Hong, Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Ming Liang Shiao, Anne B. Hardy, James A. Salvatore, Andrew G. Johnson
  • Individual polymer masonry panels, and methods of manufacture and installation
    Patent number: 10870993
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to wall coverings or cladding, for example, suitable for covering and protecting the external surface of walls. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a system for a wall covering including first, second, and third polymer panels. Each of the polymer panels including a visible body extending from a respective support structure, where the visible body includes a front surface that extends across a width of the panel and has a textured contour that replicates a single masonry unit. The textured contours of the first, second, and third panels are different, and the size of the first panel is different from the size of the second panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: CertainTeed LLC
    Inventors: Stephen W. Steffes, Brian W. Kirn
  • Roofing shingle
    Patent number: 10858833
    Abstract: A roofing shingle including a lower layer including a headlap and a plurality of tabs extending from the headlap, and an upper layer including one or more fingers, wherein the one or more fingers are disconnected from one another, and wherein each of the one or more fingers is disposed on one tab of the plurality of tabs, wherein a number of the plurality of tabs is different than a number of the one or more fingers. In an embodiment, the lower layer is a lowermost layer of the roofing shingle. In another embodiment, the roofing shingle further includes an alignment feature disposed in an exposure zone of the roofing shingle, wherein the alignment feature is adapted to permit alignment of adjacent roofing shingles during installation on a roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert L. Jenkins, Alex C. Nash, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • Vented suspension ceiling beam and suspension ceiling system
    Patent number: 10858829
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to suspension ceiling grids, for example, suitable for holding a suspension ceiling composed of ceiling tiles. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a vented suspension ceiling support beam including an elongate body extending in a longitudinal direction. The body includes a vertical web, and opposing first and second flanges protruding laterally from the vertical web. A vent is formed through the first flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Rapposelli, Robin C. Czyzewicz, Isabelle Etchart Randlett, Michael J. Lembo, David E. Woolley
  • Building board and method of forming the building board
    Patent number: 10857770
    Abstract: A building board including a cementitious layer between two fiber mats. At least one fiber mat forms with a polymer film a fiber mat/polymer film laminate. The cementitious layer of the building board contains a reactive water-insoluble polymer which improves binding of the fiber mat/polymer film laminate to the cementitious layer. The building board has a low water absorption and a high level surface finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: CERTAINTEED GYPSUM, INC.
    Inventors: Choung-Houng Lai, Gerald Boydston, Bryan Wiltzius, Nathan Frailey, Michael J. Lemberger
  • Translucent ceiling or wall panel
    Patent number: 10844598
    Abstract: A ceiling panel according to the present invention has opposed translucent membranes secured in a tensioned state across a perimeter frame. The frame includes frame members that are designed to oppose inward bowing of the perimeter frame caused by the tensioned membranes. The frame members have a side profile shaped to conceal a grid support network with the lower translucent member extending across and about a lower edge of the perimeter frame. The invention also includes a modified structure for supporting of translucent panels below a grid network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: CertainTeed Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Chitsaz, Martin Gerkes
  • Roofing shingles, tiles and shakes
    Patent number: 10837176
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to roofing elements and methods for making them. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a roofing element in the form of a roofing shingle that includes a body of a foamed cured cross-linked polymer, the body having a top surface and a bottom surface, the body extending substantially in a plane and having a thickness in the range of 0.5 mm to 35 mm; and a layer of weather-resistant roofing granules disposed on and adhered at the top surface of roofing element. The roofing element can be made by providing a body of wet foamed curable composition, and allowing the curable composition to cure to provide the body of foamed cured cross-linked polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: CertainTeed LLC
    Inventors: Choung-Houng Lai, Mithun N. Kamath, Jia Liu, Liyan Ma, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • Systems, methods, and appratuses for insulating adjacent to a top of an attic
    Patent number: 10829931
    Abstract: An insulation system and method comprising an insulation layer, an atmospheric regulation layer, a structural support, and an external surface; wherein the atmospheric regulation layer is supported by the structural support, wherein the insulation layer is located between the atmospheric regulation layer and the external surface, wherein the atmospheric regulation layer has a water vapor permeability of not greater than 3 perms at a relative humidity of 25% as measured by ASTM E96 Procedure A Dry Cup, and a water vapor permeability of at least 6 perms at a relative humidity of 75% as measured by ASTM E96 Procedure B Wet Cup, wherein the atmospheric regulation layer has a fire class A rating as measured by ASTM E84, and wherein the continuous atmospheric regulation layer has a ACH50 value of not greater than 10, wherein ACH50 represents an air exchange at 50 Pascals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Ndobo-Epoy, Michael J. Lembo, Todd P. Dinoia, Luc Pierre Vitry, Gregory F. Jacobs, Valerio Massara, Andrew Clyde Brandt
  • System, method and apparatus for compressed insulation
    Patent number: 10822794
    Abstract: An insulation product may include a container, a first insulation material forming a first layer inside the container, and a second insulation material forming a second layer inside the container, and the first layer is compressed by the second layer. A structure in a building may include studs, first and second claddings mounted to opposite sides of the studs, and structure spaces defined between the studs and the opposing claddings. A first insulation material may include first layers on and substantially covering a first one of the claddings inside the structure spaces. In addition, a second insulation material may have second layers inside the structure spaces. The first layers are compressed and substantially covered by the second layers, and the second layers substantially cover a second one of the claddings inside the structure spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Ndobo-Epoy, Artemis Agelaridou Twohig, Michael J. Lembo, Todd P. Dinoia, Minas R. Apelian
  • Short penetration flashing, flashing systems and methods for installing them
    Patent number: 10801209
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a roofing system including flashing, for example, suitable for protecting a roof from water leakage. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a roofing system including first, second, and third courses of shingles, where the second course overlaps the first and the third course overlaps the second. A flashing plate is disposed over the first course of shingles and partially under the second course of shingles. The flashing plate and the third course of shingles are spaced apart by a gap in a direction of the slope of the roof between a top edge of the flashing plate and a lower edge of the third course of shingles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: CertainTeed LLC
    Inventors: Alex C. Nash, Stephen Koch, Robert L. Jenkins, Christopher C. Fisher
  • Connection clip for securing a panel to a support grid
    Patent number: 10801202
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a connection clip for securing a panel to a support grid, for example, suitable for securing a wood grille panel to a ceiling grid. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a connection clip including a body having a base with a width extending between opposing first and second lateral edges and first and second arms extending upward respectively from the first and second lateral edges of the base so as to form a cavity configured to receive a structural cross member of the panel. Engagement lips extend laterally inward from an upper end of each arm and are configured to grip respective first and second flanges of a grid member of the support grid so as to secure the panel to the grid member. Each of the first and second engagement lips span a substantial majority of the depth of the connection clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: CertainTeed Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Ali R. Chitsaz, Christopher Wiesener
  • Method of manufacturing reinforced siding panels
    Patent number: 10787818
    Abstract: One aspect of the disclosure is a method of manufacturing a siding panel including providing a siding panel having a front face, a rear face, top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge, providing a support member having a top edge, a bottom edge, two side edges, a first face, and a second face, applying adhesive on a first face of the support member from one side edge of the support member to the other side edge of the support member, placing the support member on the rear face of the siding panel so the support member extends substantially from the first side edge to about ½ in. to about 2¼ in. away from the second side edge, completely securing the two side edges of a support member to the rear face of the siding panel, and laminating the support member to the siding panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: CertainTeed LLC
    Inventors: Ashley A. Schultz, Robert D. Shaw
  • Lighting fixture
    Patent number: D898982
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip Evans, Dennis Michaud, Kim Dupont-Madinier
  • Support member for ceiling system
    Patent number: D906544
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventors: Robin C. Czyzewicz, Bryan Neubeker, Matthew Rapposelli