Attachment clip for building surface panels and building surface panel system
AssigneeCertainTeed Corporation
InventorEishaan Gakhar
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to building surface panel systems, for example, suitable for covering a building surface. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a building surface panel kit for attachment to a support structure. The building surface panel kit includes a clip configured to secure the building surface panel system to the support structure. The kit also includes a first building surface panel having first and second ends, a front face, and a rear face.
Claims17
An attachment clip configured to attach an article to a structure, the article having a length extending in a first direction from a first end thereof to a second end thereof, the article having a front face, a rear face, and a first edge that extends in the first direction and includes a groove that extends in the first direction along the first edge, the attachment clip comprising:
- a clip body,
- a first arm extending laterally from the clip body, configured to extend laterally from the clip body in the first direction,
- an attachment surface coupled to the clip body and configured to be secured to the structure, and
- a retaining fastener coupled to the clip body and configured to engage the edge of the article, the retaining fastener including a ridge disposed on the first arm that is configured to engage the groove of the first edge of the article.
A system, comprising:
- a structure;
- a first article, the first article having a first edge and a second edge each extending in a first direction, the first article including a groove extending in the first direction along the first edge of the first article and a tongue extending along the second edge of the first article;
- a second article, the second article having a first edge and a second edge each extending in a first direction, the second article including a groove extending in the first direction along the first edge of the second article and a tongue extending along the second edge of the second article, the tongue of the first article being disposed in the groove of the second article, the second article further including a rear wall disposed adjacent the structure and having an opening formed therein along the first edge thereof, a gap in the groove extending along the opening;
- and
- an attachment clip disposed in the opening of the rear wall of the second article, the attachment clip comprising
- a clip body,
- an attachment surface coupled to the clip body and secured to the structure;
- and
- a retaining fastener comprising a notch formed between two retaining walls that extend from the clip body,
- wherein the notch of the attachment clip and the groove of the second article form a channel that receives the tongue of the first article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.