Packaged Roll Construction Material

Abstract

A packaged construction material includes a housing, a roll of construction material such as a roll of building wall sheathing fabric located within the housing and a hanging device engaged with the housing for hanging the packaged construction material on the belt or other article of clothing worn by a construction worker or on a scaffolding or other support structure. A kit including the packaged rolled construction material and a sufficient amount of fluid membrane to be used on combination with the rolled construction material to impart a secondary weather barrier to a building wall substrate is also provided.

1 . A packaged construction material comprising:
 a housing;   a roll of construction material at least partially located within said housing; and   a hanger engaged to said housing.   
     
     
         2 . The packaged construction material of  claim 1 , wherein said housing comprises a box. 
     
     
         3 . The packaged construction material of  claim 2 , wherein said box is manufactured from paper, plastic, wood, or composite materials. 
     
     
         4 . The packaged construction material of  claim 3 , wherein said paper material comprises a corrugated cardboard material. 
     
     
         5 . The packaged construction material of  claim 4 , wherein said roll of construction material comprises a roll of building wall sheathing fabric. 
     
     
         6 . The packaged construction material of  claim 5 , wherein said building wall sheathing fabric comprises a woven or non-woven fabric. 
     
     
         7 . The packaged construction material of  claim 6 , wherein said building wall sheathing material comprises a fabric of inorganic or polymeric materials. 
     
     
         8 . The packaged construction material of  claim 7 , wherein said building wall sheathing fabric comprises inorganic glass fibers. 
     
     
         9 . The packaged construction material of  claim 7 , wherein said building wall sheathing fabric comprises a polymeric material. 
     
     
         10 . The packaged construction material of  claim 9 , wherein said building wall sheathing fabric comprises a non-woven polyester fabric. 
     
     
         11 . The packaged construction material of  claim 4 , wherein said corrugated cardboard box is sized to house a 4 inch roll of said construction material. 
     
     
         12 . The packaged construction material of  claim 4 , wherein said corrugated cardboard box is sized to house a 9 inch roll of said construction material. 
     
     
         13 . The packaged construction material of  claim 1 , wherein said hanger comprises an elongated portion engaged with said housing and at least one hook portion adapted for attachment to the belt or clothing of a construction worker or to scaffolding. 
     
     
         14 . The packaged construction material of  claim 13 , wherein said hanger is manufactured from metals, metal alloys, plastics or composite materials. 
     
     
         15 . The packaged construction material of  claim 4 , wherein said corrugated box comprises installation instruction printed thereon or attached thereto. 
     
     
         16 . The packaged construction material of  claim 4 , wherein said corrugated box comprises a measuring tool printed thereon. 
     
     
         17 . The packaged construction material of  claim 16 , wherein said measuring tool comprises a ruler. 
     
     
         18 . The packaged construction material of  claim 17 , wherein said corrugated box comprises an integral cutting means. 
     
     
         19 . A kit for providing an air and water barrier to a building structure comprising the packaged construction material of  claim 1  and a quantity of fluid membrane. 
     
     
         20 . A method of applying a secondary weather barrier to a building structure comprising:
 providing a packaged construction material of  claim 1 ;   engaging said packaged construction material to construction worker or a scaffolding;   removing at least a portion of said construction material from said housing; and   applying said removed construction material to a surface of said building structure.