US 12,281,479 B2
Rainscreen support system
Christopher Mason, Queens, NY (US); and Robert Lopez, Queens, NY (US)
Assigned to Hohmann & Barnard, Inc., Hauppauge, NY (US)
Filed by Hohmann & Barnard, Inc., Hauppauge, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/833,369.
Prior Publication US 2023/0392385 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. E04F 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 13/0805 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rainscreen support system for supporting a rainscreen on a wall structure, the wall structure having a backup wall, the rainscreen support system comprising:
a pair of backup wall brackets, the backup wall brackets having a baseplate mountable to the backup wall, an extension leg extending outwardly from and transverse to the baseplate, each of the backup wall brackets having a fastening finger extending from a distal end thereof transverse to the extension leg, the fastening finger being generally parallel to the baseplate and further comprising a locking portion extending vertically upward therefrom, the locking portion horizontally spaced from the extension leg by the fastening finger;
an adjustable vertical support member having a mounting leg and a transverse leg, the mounting leg having openings therein that correspond with and are configured to receive the fastening fingers and locking portions therethrough, each opening defines an upper interior surface thereof which rests on a respective fastening finger with the mounting leg positioned between the extension leg and the locking portion;
wherein the vertical support member is adjustable toward and away from the backup wall bracket baseplate to adjust a distance between the vertical support member and the backup wall.