Wall system fastener with seal member

1 . A wall anchor system comprising: a wall anchor, said wall anchor comprising a screw configured to secure said wall anchor to a wall; said wall anchor further comprising a unitary single piece elongated, semi-rigid, non-metallic tubular seal having a center bore extending along a length of said tubular seal and configured for receiving said screw; and said wall anchor system further comprising a channel disposed alongside the wall and secured to the wall by said wall anchor, wherein said channel comprises an aperture through which said wall anchor is disposed; wherein said tubular seal is configured to compress at one end against the wall and at the opposite end between and in contact with an underside of a head of said screw and a portion of said channel proximate said aperture wherein said aperture is disposed at a mounting flange of said channel, and wherein a portion of said tubular seal extends beyond an outer surface of said mounting flange of said channel such that as said screw is tightened into the wall said tubular seal compresses between the outer surface of said mounting flange and the underside of the head of said screw thereby creating a seal at the interface of the underside of the head of said screw and said tubular seal and creating a thermal break between said tubular seal and said mounting flange.

2 . The wall anchor system of claim 1 , wherein said screw is longer than said tubular seal.

3 . The wall anchor system of claim 1 , wherein said aperture comprises a round hole for receiving said tubular seal and screw, and wherein the hole has a diameter that is larger than a diameter of said tubular seal.

4 . A wall fastener assembly for a wall system comprising:

a fastener having a shaft and a head, the fastener configured to be secured to the wall system;

a unitary single piece elongated, semi-rigid, non-metallic seal member having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the seal member includes a center bore extending along a length of the seal member and is configured for receiving the shaft of the fastener; and

a bracket comprising a flange with a hole through which the fastener and the tubular seal are disposed;

wherein the wall system comprises an insulation layer disposed against a base layer with the flange of the bracket being disposed at a surface of the insulation layer opposite the base layer, and wherein when the fastener is secured to the wall system the seal member extends through the insulation layer with the first end of the seal member compressed against the base layer to form a first seal at the base layer and the opposite second end of the seal member extends out of the hole in the flange, and wherein the second end of the seal member is compressed between and contacts both the flange and the head of the fastener when the fastener is secured to the wall system to form a second seal.

5 . The wall fastener assembly of claim 4 , wherein the fastener is longer than the seal member, and wherein the seal member is longer than a thickness of the insulation layer.

6 . The wall fastener assembly of claim 4 , wherein the fastener comprises a screw.

7 . The wall fastener assembly of claim 4 , wherein the base layer comprises a rigid layer and a barrier layer with the barrier layer disposed between the rigid layer and the insulation layer, and wherein the first end of the seal member is compressed against the barrier layer to form the first seal with the fastener extending through the barrier layer and engaged with the rigid layer.

8 . The wall fastener assembly of claim 4 , wherein the flange comprises a plurality of holes and wherein the wall fastener assembly comprises a plurality of fasteners and seal members disposed within the holes for forming first seals at the base layer and second seals at the flange.

9 . The wall fastener assembly of claim 8 , wherein the bracket comprises a channel with the channel comprising an additional flange having holes such that the channel comprises a pair of spaced apart flanges.

10 . The wall fastener assembly of claim 9 , wherein the channel comprises a hat channel.

11 . A wall fastener assembly for a wall system comprising:

a plurality of wall anchors, wherein each wall anchor comprises a fastener and a seal member, with the fastener comprising a shaft with threads and a head and with the fastener being configured to be secured to the wall system, and with the seal member comprising a unitary single piece elongated, semi-rigid non-metallic seal members having a first end and a second end opposite the first end and a center bore extending along a length of the seal member that is configured for receiving the shaft of the fastener;

a bracket comprising a flange with a plurality of holes through which the wall anchors are disposed;

wherein the wall system comprises an insulation layer disposed against a base layer with the flange of the bracket being disposed at a surface of the insulation layer opposite the base layer, and wherein when the fasteners are secured to the base layer of the wall system the seal members of the wall anchors extend through the insulation layer with the first ends of the seal members compressed against the base layer to form first seals at the base layer and the opposite second ends of the seal members extend out of the holes in the flange, and wherein the second ends of the seal members are compressed between and contact both the flange and the heads of the fasteners when the fasteners are secured to the wall system to form second seals.

12 . The wall fastener assembly of claim 11 , wherein the fasteners are longer than the seal members, and wherein the seal members have lengths that are longer than a thickness of the insulation layer.

13 . The wall fastener assembly of claim 11 , wherein the fasteners comprise screws.

14 . The wall fastener assembly of claim 11 , wherein the base layer comprises a rigid layer and a barrier layer with the barrier layer disposed between the rigid layer and the insulation layer, and wherein the first ends of the seal members are compressed against the barrier layer to form the first seals with the fasteners extending through the barrier layer and being engaged with the rigid layer.

15 . The wall fastener assembly of claim 11 , wherein the bracket comprises channel.

16 . The wall fastener assembly of claim 11 , wherein the flange comprises a first flange and wherein the bracket comprises a second flange disposed at the surface of the insulation layer opposite the base layer, and wherein the second flange includes a plurality of holes through which wall anchors are disposed and secured to the base layer in like manner to the wall anchors disposed in the holes of the first flange.

17 . The wall fastener assembly of claim 16 , wherein the bracket comprises a hat channel having a pair of legs extending from respective ones of the flanges, and having a face portion extending between the legs whereby the face is spaced from the surface of the insulation.

18 . The wall fastener assembly of claim 17 , wherein additional holes are provided in at least one of the face portion and the legs.