A stone slab with a light source and a manufacturing process thereof are disclosed. The stone slab includes a transparent composite plate. The composite plate includes a stone panel, a light guide plate, and a honeycomb plate laminated from top to bottom. A water-molecule-activated protective film is provided on an upper surface and a lower surface of the light guide plate respectively. The water-molecule-activated protective film on the upper surface of the light guide plate is bonded to the stone panel. The water-molecule-activated protective film on the lower surface of the light guide plate is bonded to the honeycomb plate by using an adhesive. The water-molecule-activated protective film can be used to bond the light guide plate. Moreover, the adhesive on another side of the water-molecule-activated protective film does not directly contact the light guide plate and avoids a problem that a lighting effect is impaired.

A stone slab with a light source and a manufacturing process thereof are disclosed. The stone slab includes a transparent composite plate. The composite plate includes a stone panel, a light guide plate, and a honeycomb plate laminated from top to bottom. A water-molecule-activated protective film is provided on an upper surface and a lower surface of the light guide plate respectively. The water-molecule-activated protective film on the upper surface of the light guide plate is bonded to the stone panel. The water-molecule-activated protective film on the lower surface of the light guide plate is bonded to the honeycomb plate by using an adhesive. The water-molecule-activated protective film can be used to bond the light guide plate. Moreover, the adhesive on another side of the water-molecule-activated protective film does not directly contact the light guide plate and avoids a problem that a lighting effect is impaired.

Support panels for masonry objects and associated methods of use are disclosed herein. A support panel for masonry objects may include an inner surface, an outer surface, at least one stiffening channel formed longitudinally along the support panel, and a plurality of substantially C-shaped tabs extending from the outer surface, the tabs being disposed in spaced apart relation to one another to form a grid, wherein the tabs are configured to contactingly support at least a portion of a masonry object.

A lighting unit which includes a multilayer body and at least a first light emitting diode (LED) light source. The multilayer body includes, in sequence, a carrier layer of a black or gray translucent thermoplastic composition, a stone layer with an average thickness of 2 mm of less, and a transparent thermoplastic layer with an average thickness of 1 mm to 6 mm. The LED light source is disposed facing at least one lateral edge of the transparent thermoplastic layer, such that light from the LED light source is guided within the transparent thermoplastic layer.

Elongated mounting strips are provided with a series of evenly spaced apart tile fasteners. The tile fasteners pivot from a storage or shipping position to an installation position where they engage and secure the top edges of cladding tile. Strips of weather resistant material are also mounted to the mounting strips at evenly spaced intervals. The weather resistant strips also pivot from a storage or shipping position to an installation position underlying a joint between a pair of adjacent cladding tiles.

Elongated mounting strips are provided with a series of evenly spaced apart tile fasteners. The tile fasteners pivot from a storage or shipping position to an installation position where they engage and secure the top edges of cladding tile. Strips of weather resistant material are also mounted to the mounting strips at evenly spaced intervals. The weather resistant strips also pivot from a storage or shipping position to an installation position underlying a joint between a pair of adjacent cladding tiles.

The present invention relates to a wall coupling structure using an exterior composite panel in which an insulation panel unit is combined with an ultra-slim stone panel for fire safety management, and more specifically, to a wall coupling structure using an exterior composite panel which is designed for construction in the absence of a retaining wall, has excellent aesthetics and strength, can prevent whitening and condensation, can allow mass production, and can reduce manufacturing costs and construction time due to convenience of construction. The vertical-horizontal frame structure (200) includes a vertical bar (210) and a horizontal bar (220) formed as a quadrangular frame for installation of the composite panel outside a retaining wall. The vertical bar (210) includes an upper vertical bar (210a) and a lower vertical bar (210b) and is connected by an expansion joint (230) at a portion at which an access floor (AF) is formed. Therefore, the wall coupling structure using an exterior composite panel can prevent a fire from spreading due to an insulation material during a fire by covering the exterior of the insulation material, which is used for buffering such as supporting, with mortar and bonding a slim stone material to a surface of the insulation material.

The disclosure is directed to thermal and moisture insulated interlocking brick comprising natural, in-situ carved stone faade coupled to a backing layer comprised of a massive and lightweight portions, as well as methods of forming the brick and methods for cladding and using the bricks in load bearing walls and in non-load-bearing walls (light construction).

An architectural finish element operable to be placed adjacent similar architectural finish elements to form a finished surface on an architectural structure includes a body formed of a rock-based composite material comprising a low density solid particle additive, a plurality of unitary real stone veneer elements bonded to the body in courses extending in a first direction and in a random non-repetitive pattern, the real stone veneer elements having respective face surfaces generally lying in a plane to form an overall face surface of the architectural finish element. The low density solid particle additive is provided in an amount suitable to cause the architectural finish element to have a density of between about 10 to 15 pounds per square foot. The architectural finishing element may be mounted by mounting a portion of a body of at least one dual architectural finish element support to a surface of an architectural structure.

The present disclosure provides embodiments of a reinforced porcelain panel product for renovations or new construction in buildings. In an embodiment, a reinforced porcelain panel product includes a porcelain slab and a structural core board. The structural core board includes a foam-core material having a surface area and a thickness larger than the porcelain slab. An upper surface of the structural core board is positioned in contact with a bottom surface of the porcelain slab with an adhesive material. A buffer region is defined by regions of the structural core board extending beyond outer peripheries of the porcelain slab. The buffer region enhances protection from cracking when the reinforced porcelain panel product is handled. The lower surface of the structural core board has a first surface plane parallel to a top surface of the porcelain slab and a lower surface positioned to attach to a mounting surface.