Siding installation apparatus
AssigneeGeneral Tools & Instruments Company LLC
InventorsTimothy Horn, Cory Shoup, Joel Vangilder
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Abstract
Provided is a siding gauge including a housing having a through passage extending along its length, a support arm movable relative to the housing in the through passage, the support arm including a body and a pair of legs extending from the body, the pair of legs being laterally spaced from one another to define a channel and each having an angled surface, a lever pivotable relative to the housing, and a pressure plate positioned in the through passage and coupled to the housing by a fastener, the pressure plate having an angled surface to correspond to the angled surface of the pair of legs.
Claims20
A siding gauge comprising:
- a housing having a through passage extending along its length, a first opening in a front of the housing into the through passage, and a second opening in a rear of the housing into the through passage and aligned with the first opening;
- a support arm movable relative to the housing in the through passage, the support arm including a body and a pair of legs extending from the body, the pair of legs being laterally spaced from one another to define a channel and each having an angled surface;
- a fastener received in the first and second openings;
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- a pressure plate positioned in the through passage and coupled to the housing by the fastener, the pressure plate having an angled surface to correspond to the angled surface of the pair of legs,
- wherein interaction between the angled surface of each of the pair of legs and the angled surface of the pressure plate increases a retention force of the fastener in a primary load direction.
A siding gauge comprising:
- a housing having a through passage extending along its length;
- a support arm movable relative to the housing in the through passage for adjusting a reveal height;
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- a lever pivotable relative to the housing, the lever movable between a first upward closed position to clamp the siding gauge against the siding, a second downward closed position to clamp the siding gauge against the siding, and an open position between the first upward closed position and the second downward closed position to provide slack for positioning the siding gauge.
A siding gauge comprising:
- a housing having a through passage extending along its length, a first opening in a front of the housing into the through passage, a second opening in the front of the housing into the through passage, a third opening in a rear of the housing into the through passage and aligned with the first opening, and a fourth opening in the rear of the housing into the through passage and aligned with the second opening;
- a support arm movable relative to the housing in the through passage, the support arm including a body and a pair of legs extending from the body, the pair of legs being laterally spaced from one another to define a channel;
- a lever pivotable relative to the housing;
- a retention clip coupled to the housing and movable relative to the housing for adjusting for siding thickness;
- a first fastener received in the first and third openings for adjusting a reveal height of the support arm;
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- a second fastener received in the second and fourth openings for pivotally coupling the lever to the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.