Extruded mat
A drainage component having a continuous, extruded mat having an upper face and a lower face. The mat includes a plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures, each structure spaced from all adjacent structures, and the plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures are provided in a plurality of linear rows or columns in a first direction.
1. A drainage component, comprising:
a continuous, extruded mat having an upper face and a lower face,
wherein the mat comprises randomly convoluted polymeric filaments, the randomly convoluted polymeric filaments being self-bonded or fused at random points of intersection and being shaped into a plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures, each of the plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures spaced, including at a base thereof, from all adjacent patterned three-dimensional structures, including at respective bases thereof, so that a spacer portion of the mat including a network of randomly convoluted polymeric filaments of a density different than a density of a network of the randomly convoluted polymeric filaments of the plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures is exposed on all sides of each of the plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures, and
wherein the plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures are provided in a plurality of linear rows or columns in a first direction, but three-dimensional structures of adjacent ones of the plurality of linear rows or columns in the first direction are offset from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
2. The drainage component according to claim 1 , further comprising a fabric sheet adhered to at least one of the lower face and the upper face of the mat.
3. The drainage component according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures have an indentation at a substantially center portion of the respective patterned three-dimensional structure, the indentation protruding from the upper face of the mat toward the lower face of the mat.
4. The drainage component according to claim 3 , further comprising a fabric sheet adhered to at least one of the lower face and the upper face of the mat.
5. The drainage component according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures are hexagonal.
6. The drainage component according to claim 1 , wherein the network of the randomly convoluted polymeric filaments of the spacer portion has a higher density than the network of the randomly convoluted polymeric filaments of the patterned three-dimensional structures.
7. The drainage component according to claim 2 , wherein the fabric sheet comprises a filter fabric.
8. The drainage component according to claim 2 , wherein the fabric sheet comprises a permeable radiant barrier.
9. The drainage component according to claim 4 , wherein the filter fabric is bonded to the mat at each of the indentations.
10. The drainage component according to claim 9 , wherein the filter fabric is bonded to the mat only at each of the indentations.
11. A building structure, comprising:
a member;
a drainage component; and
a composition,
wherein the drainage component comprises a continuous, extruded mat having an upper face and a lower face, the mat comprising randomly convoluted polymeric filaments, the randomly convoluted polymeric filaments being self-bonded or fused at random points of intersection and being shaped into a plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures, each of the plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures spaced, including at a base thereof, from all adjacent patterned three-dimensional structures, including at respective bases thereof, so that a spacer portion of the mat including a network of randomly convoluted polymeric filaments of a density different than a density of a network of the randomly convoluted polymeric filaments of the plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures is exposed on all sides of each of the plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures, and the plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures being provided in a plurality of linear rows or columns in a first direction, but three-dimensional structures of adjacent ones of the plurality of linear rows or columns in the first direction are offset from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
12. The building structure according to claim 11 , wherein the drainage component further comprises a fabric sheet adhered to at least one of the lower face and the upper face of the mat.
13. The building structure according to claim 11 , wherein the drainage component is provided between the member and the composition.
14. The building structure according to claim 11 , wherein the composition comprises cement.
15. The building structure according to claim 12 , wherein the drainage component is oriented so that the fabric sheet contacts the composition, and the mat contacts the member.
16. The building structure according to claim 11 , wherein the member is an inner sheathing member of a sidewall of a building.
17. The building structure according to claim 12 , wherein the fabric sheet comprises a filter fabric.
18. The building structure according to claim 12 , wherein the fabric sheet comprises a permeable radiant barrier.
19. The building structure according to claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of patterned three-dimensional structures have an indentation at a substantially center portion of the respective patterned three-dimensional structure, the indentation protruding from the upper face of the mat toward the lower face of the mat.