Building Panel

Abstract

A building panel including a magnesium oxide board having a front surface and back surface, wherein the front surface of the magnesium oxide board displays a pattern of cuts, wherein the front surface of said magnesium oxide board is covered by an acrylic paint and sand mixture, wherein the pattern of cuts are grouted, wherein the first end of said magnesium oxide board includes at least one male engaging member and the second end includes at least one female recess. A method of making a faux brick building panel and a faux rock building panel are also disclosed.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 696,977, entitled “Building Panel” and filed on Sep. 5, 2012. The complete disclosure of said provisional patent application is hereby incorporated by reference.STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]Not applicableBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]1. Field of the Invention[0004]The present invention relates generally to a building panel and, more specifically, to a magnesium oxide board that is tooled to have a brick-looking or rock-looking face.[0005]2. Brief Description of the Related Art[0006]Conventional brick and fiber cement siding are well-known in the prior art. The prior art siding products, however, are costly and time consuming to be installed because they require a concrete footing in a trench with footing supports. It, therefore, would be desirable to develop a siding product that does not require a concrete footing.[0007]U...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention is about a building panel made of magnesium oxide that has a pattern of cuts on its front surface covered with an acrylic paint and sand mixture. The cuts are grouted. The front end of the magnesium oxide board has male engaging members while the back end has female recesses. The invention also includes a method for making faux rock or brick panels by creating patterns on the front surface of the magnesium oxide board, texturing it with a drill bit, spraying it with a mixture of paint and sand, and resembling it with paint resembling the color of rock or brick. The technical effect of this invention is a durable building panel that can be easily attached to a building frame for use in construction.

Problems solved by technology

The prior art siding products, however, are costly and time consuming to be installed because they require a concrete footing in a trench with footing supports.

While the building panel of Everhart does not require a concrete footing, the building panel presents other drawbacks.

First, because the building panel is made of cement board and cement board is very abrasive, the building panel of Everhart has to be cut by hand.

This makes the manufacturing process expensive and inefficient.

In addition, the shipping of the Everhart building panel can be difficult because the overlap and underlap portions of the building panel are fragile and prone to damage.

Extra precautions, therefore, must be taken during shipping to avoid to damage to building panels, which increases costs of shipping.

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