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US 10,895,078 B2Granted
Cladding clip
OwnerHugh Thomas Smartinventor
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Abstract
A cladding clip comprising a lateral base, a head coupled to the lateral base, and a flexible lip upstanding from the lateral base and laterally spaced from the neck along the base is disclosed. The flexible lip is hooked so that a lateral part of the lip extends laterally spaced from the base.
Claims16
A cladding system comprising:
- a plurality of battens, a plurality of cladding clips configured to couple to each of the plurality of battens, and a plurality of cladding boards;
- wherein each cladding clip of the plurality of cladding clips comprises a lateral base, a head coupled to and upstanding from the lateral base, and a flexible lip configured to hold a respective cladding board included in the plurality of cladding boards, wherein the flexible lip is upstanding from the lateral base and laterally spaced from the head along the lateral base, and wherein the flexible lip is hooked so that a lateral part of the flexible lip extends laterally, spaced from the lateral base, and
- wherein each batten comprises a mating portion configured to mate with at least one other batten such that in a mated configuration at least two battens are mated via respective mating portions, a position of the at least two battens is locked with respect to each other so that a distance between respective cladding clips carried by each of the plurality of battens is within a selected range, wherein the distance between the respective cladding clips corresponds to a dimension of each of the cladding boards.
A cladding system comprising:
- a plurality of battens, a plurality of cladding clips configured to couple to each of the plurality of battens, and a plurality of cladding boards;
- wherein each cladding clip of the plurality of cladding clips comprises a flexible lip configured to hold a respective cladding board included in the plurality of cladding boards, and a head, wherein the head is configured to mate with a corresponding recess in the respective cladding board, and wherein the flexible lip is configured to bias the respective cladding board towards the head in a direction parallel to a surface the cladding clip is attached to such that the corresponding recess in the respective cladding board engages with the head to hold the respective cladding board in place,
- wherein each batten comprises a mating portion configured to mate with at least one other batten such that in a mated configuration at least two battens are mated via respective mating portions, a position of the at least two battens is locked with respect to each other so that a distance between respective cladding clips carried by each of the plurality of battens is within a selected range, wherein the distance between the respective cladding clips corresponds to a dimension of each of the cladding boards.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.