US1975324A

US1975324A - Wall covering

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Publication number: US1975324A
Application number: US522958A
Authority: US
Inventors: Gustav P Jordan
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1931-03-16
Filing date: 1931-03-16
Publication date: 1934-10-02
Anticipated expiration: 1951-10-02

Description

vG. P. JORDAN Oct. 2, 1934.

WALL C OVERI NG Filed March 16, 1951 Patented Oct. 2, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE claims.

'I'his invention relates to wall covering and more particularly to that kind which may be used on the outer walls of a building and one of the objects is to provide a novel and ornamental 5 wall covering which will have an appearance simulating bricks or the like, and an ancillary object is to provide an inlaid or inset mortar line so that a very close resemblance to a brick structure may be attained.

Further objects are to provide a wall covering which will effectively shed water; which may be made up from a number of strips or units embodying formed portions engageable with each other to regulate the spacing between the units to thereby expedite installation and insure uniform spacing; and which will be made up from units that may be neatly nested to facilitate shipping and storing thereof.

A selected embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing and therein Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a unit of my improved wall covering;

Fig. 2 is a fragmental face elevation of my improved wall covering as arranged when in use; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view, drawn to an enlarged scale, taken on the line 3-3 on Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawing wherein an illustrative embodiment of my invention is shown 4 indicates a unit of my wall covering having face sections 5 along one edge thereof of a size and shape similar to the side of a standard brick.

The unit 4 may be cut from a web of suitable fibrous material, such as paper lor felt, and is coated with a waterproofing material such as an asphaltic substance. When the material is coated with asphaltic substance, this will serve as a binder to adhesively secure granular material on the face sections 5. This granular material may be crushed stone or int or the like and is preferably of a color similar to brick. Either the face sections 5 alone may be so covered or the entire face of the unit may be covered with such material. In either arrangement, the granular material on the face sections 5 will preferably be differentiated, in color at least, from the remainder of the face of the unit. For example, if the granular material on the face sections 5 is red then the remainder of the unit may be of a dark grey.

I have found that a resemblance to a brick wall inset mortar line and I attain this by laying the of the adjacent unit. Moreover, by providing may be best attained by providing an inlaid orr slots 6 in the units 4 intermediate the face sections this inlaid mortar line will also appear intermediate the various face sections of each unit. Further, each end of the units may be cut away,

in the face sections, as indicated at '1, and when 60 the ends of the units are abutted, these cut away portions cooperate to provide spaces similar to the slots 6.

Preferably the units 4 will embody a number of face sections 5 as, for example, in thepresent in- 65 stance each unit has four face sections thereon.

To insure uniform spacing betweenvthe units and to greatly expedite the installation thereof I provide longitudinally extending formed portions or shoulders on each of the units and by merely interengaging these shoulders proper spacing may be attained. Thus, on each of the units, at the inner end of the face sections 5,

a shoulder 8 is defined whereby the intermediate portion 9 of the units is offset from lateral align- 75 ment with the face sections in an amount substantially equal to the thickness of the face sections. Likewise, the marginal section 10 of the unit along the edge opposite that having the face sections 5 therealong is offset from alignment 80 with the intermediate portion 9 in the same direction as that in which the' intermediate portion is oifset from the face sections and in an amount substantially equal to the thickness of said intermediate portion whereby a shoulder 11 is defined.

In installation, one unit 4 will be secured along the lower edge of the wall; the next unit 4 will then be arranged with the face sections 5 thereof laying upon the intermediate section 9 on the 90 first unit, and the shoulder 8 on the second unit will be engaged with the shoulder 11on the first unit. The third unit will then be arranged in position with the face sections thereof overlaying the intermediate section of the second unit and with the shoulder 8 on the third unit engaging the shoulder 11 on the second unit. The magnitude of the various sections of each unit is equal'to the magnitude of corresponding secp tions of the other units. Therefore, the spacing between the face sections of the rst and second units will correspond to the spacing between the face sections of the second and third units. The overlaying of one unit above another is continued until the entire wall is covered. Preferably the end edges of alternate units will be aligned to lthereby align the slots 6 in alternate units. But the disposition is preferably such that the slots 6 of adjacent units are out of lateral alignment, the slots on one unit being mld- 11G way between the slots on the adjacent unit, this being clearly illustrated in lig. 2. As the various units are laid oneabove the other nails 12 or other suitable securing devices are passed through the intermediate portions 9 to thereby secure the units in position.

The provision of formed portions or shoulders on the units greatly expedites installation since it is merely necessary to rest the shoulder of one unit on the cooperating shoulder of the adjacent unit and proper positioning of the units relative to each other will result and proper spacing between the face sections of the various units will naturally follow. This uniform spacing Vbetween the face units insures that the inlaid or inset mortarlines will be uniform. Since the relative position between the units is determined by the interengagement of the shoulders, the magnitude of this spacing may be determined in advance and therefore the magnitude of the slots 6 and the cooperating cut away portions 7 may be determined in advance and be made to equal the uniform spacing. By laying the units one over the other with the free edges extending downwardly a water-resistant covering results for water will be shed from one unit onto the intermediate section of the unit therebelow and since this intermediate section will extend an appreciable distance past the free edge of the unit overlaying it, water passage to the wall will be effectively prevented. Moreover, by providing the shoulders in the manner set forth it is possible to stack the units in a very compact manner for the interengagement of the shoulders on the various units will insure neat interiitting thereof. Thus, storing and shipping of the units is greatly expedited.

While I have illustrated and describeda selected embodiment of my invention it is to be understood that this is capable of variation and modification and I therefore do not wish to be limited to the precise details set forth butl desire to avail myself of such changes and alterations as fall within the spirit and scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A formed siding unit comprising three stepped vertical portions in parallel relation and having parallel sides, the surfaces of each connecting offset being parallel and at an angle to the sides of the aforesaid portions, providing ledges and seats respectively for direct support of the middle portion of each unit on the corresponding portion of the unit below, the lowermost portion being sufficiently shorter than the intermediate portion to leave a horizontal mortar simulating space when the units are superposed, and provided with vertical slots extending through its entire depth from front to rear to simulate vertical mortar spaces.

2. A unit for wall covering having a face section along one edge thereof and a marginal section along the opposite edge thereof and an intermediate portion between said sections, said intermediate portion being bodily offset from lateral alignment with the face section and said marginal section being bodily offset from lateral alignment with the intermediate portion in the same direction as said intermediate portion is offset from alignment with said face section whereby shoulders are defined between said face section and said intermediate portion and said intermediate portion and said marginal section, said face and marginal sections and said intermediate portion iying in parallel planes, said shoulders providing locating portions whereby when the shoulder between the face section and intermediate portion on one unit is engaged with Y the marginal section on the second unit underliesY a part of the intermediate portion of Vthe first unit adjacent the shoulder between the face section and intermediate portion of said irst unit whereby said units provide a covering of substantially uniform thickness with the front and rear faces thereof lying in substantially parallel planes.

3. A unit for a wall covering having a face section along one edge thereof and a marginal section along the opposite edge thereof and an intermediate portion between said sections, said face section being narrower than the intermediate portion and said marginal section being narrower than the face section, said intermediate portion being bodily offset from lateral alignment with the face section and said marginal section being bodily offset from lateral alignment with the intermediate portion in the same direction as said intermediate portion is offset from alignment with the face section whereby shoulders are defined between said face section and said intermediate portion and said intermediate portion and said marginal section, said face and marginal sections and said intermediate portion lying in parallel planes, said shoulders providing locating portions whereby when the shoulder between the face section and the intermediate portion c-n one unit is engaged with the shoulder between the intermediate portion and the marginal section on a second similar unit the face section on the first unit overlies the intermediate portion of the second unit with the lower edge of the face section on the rst unit spaced from the shoulder between the intermediate portion and face section on the second unit and the marginal section on a third similar unit underlies the exposed part of the intermediate portion on the second unit when the shoulder on the second unit between the intermediate portion and face section thereof is engaged with the shoulder between the marginal section and intermediate portion on the third unit whereby said units provide a covering at least two thicknesses thick throughout with the front and rear faces thereof lying in substantially parallel planes.

4. A unit for a wall covering having a face section along one edge thereof and a marginal section along the opposite edge thereof and an intermediate portion between said sections, said face section being narrower than the intermediate portion and said marginal section being narrower than the face section, said intermediate portion being bodily offset from lateral alignment with the face section and said marginal section being bodily offset from lateral alignment with the intermediate portion in the same direction as said intermediate portion is offset from alignment with the face section whereby shoulders are dened between said face section and said intermediate portion and said intermediate portion and said marginal section, said face and marginal sections and said intermediate portion lying in parallel planes, said shoulders providing locating portions whereby when the shoulder between the face section and the intermediate portion on one unit is engaged with the shoulder between the intermediate portion and the marginal section on a second similar unitthe face section on the rst unit overlies the intermediate portion of the second unit with the lower edge ofthe face section on the first unit spaced from the upper edge of the face section on the second 'unit and the marginal section on a third similar .unit `underlies the exposed part of the intermeallel planes, the face sections of said units having slots therein in uniformly spaced intervals extending transversely thereacross and of a width equal to the space between the lower edge oi the face section on the rst unit and the upper edge of the tace section on the ,second unit-when said units are engaged as described.

5. A wall covering embodying a plurality of units each having a face section and intermediaie portion and a marginal section and shoulders between the face section and intermediate portion and intermediate portion and marginal section, the face section of each unit being narrower than the intermediate portion thereof whereby when the shoulder between. the face section and intermediate-portion on one unit is engaged with the shoulder between the intermediate portion and rginal section on a second unit the lower edge of the face section of the nrst unit is spaced from the upper edge of the face section on the second unit, and said face sections having slots therein at uniio spaced intervals extending transversely thereacross and of a width equal to the space between the lower edge of the face sec tion on the nrst unit and the upper edge of the face section on the second unit when said units and caged as described.

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