Flame barrier office building materials

• Main Authors: DUGAN, JEFFREY SCOTT, HENDRIX, JAMES EASTON, TOLBERT, THOMAS WARREN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 10.10.1990
• Subjects: BUILDING; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; CEILINGS; FENCING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FLOORS; GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; MASTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROOFS; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS

A flame-resistant office building material (10) for use as office panel partitions, wall panels, wall coverings, ceiling panels, floor and the like is provided. The building material (10) comprises a rigid core support material (20), a decorative outer surface layer (30), and a fiber-based flame barrier layer (40) positioned between the support material (20) and the surface layer (30). The barrier layer (40) comprises a flame durable fabric substrate (43) formed of fire-resistant fibers and a flexible metal foil layer (45) carried by the substrate (43) and orientated toward said support material (20).