Architectural siding and method of use
AssigneeR&L Marketing & Sales, Inc.
InventorsDavid M. Neill, Tod Allen Newman
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Abstract
A siding product has a downwardly opened connector near an upper portion of a frontal face. There is a channel below the downwardly opened connector. The siding product also has an upwardly opened connector near a lower portion of a rear face. There is a projection on the upwardly opened connector that interlocks or connects with the channel when the two connectors are connected together. The protrusion on one siding product and the channel on another siding product cooperate to prevent the top siding product from falling or distorting its shape prior to installation of the top siding piece on the structure.
Claims20
A siding product comprising:
- a body having a first end and a second end defining a lateral direction therebetween, a top and a bottom defining a vertical direction therebetween, and a front and a rear defining a transverse direction therebetween;
- a front surface of the body and a rear surface of the body that is opposite front surface;
- a downwardly opened first connector on the front surface of the body;
- a channel formed in the front surface below the downwardly opened first connector, wherein the channel is elongated in the lateral direction between a first end of the channel and a second end of the channel;
- an upwardly opened second connector at or near the bottom of the rear surface, wherein the upwardly opened second connector includes a projection that is elongated in the lateral direction between a first end of the projection and a second end of the projection;
- wherein the projection on the upwardly opened second connector is configured to mate with the channel formed in the front surface of an identical second siding product when installed to form a siding assembly for a structure;
- a tab defining the first end of the body, wherein the tab extends fully from the top to the bottom of the body;
- a vertically aligned side lip extending rearward from the rear surface of the body adjacent the second end of the body, wherein the side lip defines a vertically aligned channel;
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- wherein the tab is configured to mate with the vertically aligned channel formed in the rear surface of the identical second siding product when installed laterally end-to-end to form a row of a siding assembly for a structure.
A siding assembly comprising:
- a first body configured as an elongated panel for siding a structure;
- a downwardly opened first connector on a frontal surface of the first body;
- a laterally aligned channel on the frontal surface of the first body;
- a second body configured identical to the first body;
- an upwardly opened second connector on a rear surface of the second body;
- a laterally aligned projection on the second connector;
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- wherein the second body is configured to be connected to the first body by interlocking the second connector with the first connector, wherein the laterally aligned projection is within the laterally aligned channel when the second body is interlocked with the first body;
- a tab defining the first end of the first body, wherein the tab extends fully from a top to a bottom of the first body;
- a vertically aligned side lip extending rearward from the rear surface of the first body adjacent the second end of the first body, wherein the side lip defines a vertically aligned channel;
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- wherein the tab is configured to mate with the vertically aligned channel formed in the rear surface of the second body when installed laterally end-to-end to form a row of a siding assembly for a structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.