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US 12,565,775 B2Granted
Locking soffit
AssigneeAlpha Aluminum, Inc
InventorJose Julio DaSilva
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Abstract
A system for securing an end of a soffit panel to a structure includes an F-channel that is affixed to the structure. The F-channel includes a mechanism for locking an end of the soffit panel that has an upper hook and a lower hook such that after inserting the end of the soffit panel into the mechanism for locking, the upper hook and the lower hook locks the end of the soffit panel within the F-channel.
Claims20
A system for securing an end of a soffit panel to a wall of a structure, the system comprising:
- a channel that is affixed to the wall of the structure, the channel having means for locking;
- the end of the soffit panel having an upper hook and a lower hook such that after inserting the end of the soffit panel into the means for locking, the means for locking enters the upper hook, thereby locking the end of the soffit panel within the channel;
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- whereas the upper hook comprises an upper angled step such that when the end of the soffit panel is inserted into the means for locking, the upper angled step displaces the means for locking until the upper hook enters the means for locking.
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A soffit panel, the soffit panel comprising:
- the soffit panel has alternating, offset upper surfaces and lower surfaces;
- the soffit panel has a first lengthwise end for affixing to a facia of a roof system and a second lengthwise end for insertion into a channel, the channel comprising two legs connected to a base, at least one of the two legs having a protrusion, the second lengthwise end has an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface and the lower surface has a notch and an angled step;
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- such that when the second lengthwise end is inserted into the channel, the angled step displaces the protrusion until the protrusion engages with the notch.
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A soffit system comprising:
- a channel for affixing to a structure, the channel having a base, a first leg, and a second leg, a first end of the first leg connects to the base at approximately 90 degrees and a first end of the second leg connects to the base at the approximately 90 degrees, the first leg has a first catch and the second leg has a second catch, the first catch is on a side of the first leg that is towards the second leg and the second catch is on a side of the second leg that is towards the first leg;
- a soffit panel having a first lengthwise side and a second lengthwise side, the first lengthwise side having an upper notch and a lower notch;
- an end of the first lengthwise side comprises an upper angled step and a lower angled step;
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- when inserting the first lengthwise side into the channel between the first catch and the second catch the upper angled step displaces the first catch and the lower angled step displaces the second catch until the first catch enters the upper notch and the second catch enters the lower notch, thereby locking the first lengthwise side of the soffit panel in the channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.