Building rail system

Abstract

A building rail system. The system includes large and small building rails capable of forming flush connections at varied angles. The flush connection of the rails eliminates an extra layer of space that would otherwise exist if the rails had to be offset to form a connection.

1 . A building system including:
 a plurality of structural support members;   a building wall layer including at least one of insulation, sheathing, and waterproofing, the building wall layer being coupled to the plurality of structural support members;   a building rail system supported by the plurality of structural support members including:
 a plurality of vertical rails having an interior surface facing inwardly toward a building interior and an exterior surface; and 
 a plurality of transverse rails coupled to the vertical rails; and 
   siding supported by the building rail system, the vertical rails having a different outer cross-sectional profile than an outer cross-sectional profile of the transverse rails.   
     
     
         2 . The building system of  claim 1 , wherein the vertical rails have a width that is substantially wider than a width of the transverse rails. 
     
     
         3 . The building system of  claim 1 , wherein the transverse rails are “U”-shaped. 
     
     
         4 . The building system of  claim 1 , wherein the vertical rails have a height, and the transverse rails have a height that is less than the height of the vertical rails. 
     
     
         5 . The building system of  claim 1 , wherein the transverse rails overlap with the vertical rails. 
     
     
         6 . A building system including:
 a plurality of structural support members;   a building wall layer including at least one of insulation, sheathing, and waterproofing, the building wall layer being coupled to the plurality of structural support members;   a building rail system supported by the plurality of structural support members where the structural support members include:
 a plurality of rails positioned adjacent to the building wall layer including:
 a plurality of substantially vertical rails having vertical outermost edges; and 
 a plurality of transverse rails having a height extending between the substantially vertical rails and a thickness, the plurality of transverse rails overlapping with the plurality of vertical rails with ends of the plurality of transverse rails extending past the outermost vertical edges of the plurality of substantially vertical rails; and 
 siding supported by the plurality of rails, the siding and the building wall layer cooperating to define a vertical air flow path there between, at least 60 percent of the vertical air flow path being blocked by the thickness of the plurality of transverse rails. 
 
   
     
     
         7 . The building system of  claim 6 , wherein the vertical rails have a width that is substantially wider than a width of the transverse rails. 
     
     
         8 . The building system of  claim 6 , wherein the vertical rails have a different outer cross-sectional profile than an outer cross-sectional profile of the transverse rails. 
     
     
         9 . The building system of  claim 6 , wherein the transverse rails are “U”-shaped. 
     
     
         10 . The building system of  claim 6 , wherein the vertical rails have a height, and the transverse rails have a height that is less than the height of the vertical rails. 
     
     
         11 . A building system including:
 a plurality of structural support members;   a building wall layer including at least one of insulation, sheathing, and waterproofing, the building wall layer being coupled to the plurality of structural support members;   a building rail system supported by the plurality of structural support members including:
 a plurality of substantially vertical rails having concavities; and 
 a plurality of transverse rails having ends; 
 the ends of the plurality of transverse rails located within the concavities of the vertical rails; and 
 siding supported by the plurality of rails, the siding and the building wall layer cooperating to define a vertical air flow path there between, at least 60 percent of the vertical air flow path being blocked by the thickness of the plurality of transverse rails. 
   
     
     
         12 . The building system of  claim 11 , wherein the vertical rails have a width that is substantially wider than a width of the transverse rails. 
     
     
         13 . The building system of  claim 11 , wherein the vertical rails have a different outer cross-sectional profile than an outer cross-sectional profile of the transverse rails. 
     
     
         14 . The building system of  claim 11 , wherein the transverse rails are “U”-shaped. 
     
     
         15 . The building system of  claim 11 , wherein the vertical rails have a height, and the transverse rails have a height that is less than the height of the vertical rails. 
     
     
         16 . The building system of  claim 11 , wherein the transverse rails overlap with the vertical rails. 
     
     
         17 . The building system of  claim 11 , wherein the transverse rails have a length and width and the vertical rails have a length and width and the width of the transverse rails is substantially greater than the width of the transverse rails.