Vinyl siding wire channel
AssigneeAT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc.
InventorsPaul Rivers, Frederick Diggle
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Abstract
This invention provides apparatus and methods of use for a wire channel device that is positioned between an upper siding panel and a lower siding panel along the side of a building and that routes, supports, and/or secures one or more wires. According to embodiments of this invention, the wire channel device includes an upwardly extending arm, a transverse leg, and a wire channel having a downwardly extending leg, a channel portion, and a rear upwardly extending leg.
Claims20
A wire channel device, comprising:
- an upwardly extending arm having a top portion, a bottom portion, an inner surface, and an outer surface, the outer surface of the top portion having a projection to engage and to secure the wire channel device between an upper siding panel and a lower siding panel;
- a transverse leg extending outwardly from the outer surface of the bottom portion of the arm towards a downwardly extending leg of a wire channel;
- the wire channel having the downwardly extending leg, a channel portion, and a rear upwardly extending leg,
- wherein the downwardly extending leg is longer than the rear upwardly extending leg and wherein an interior of the channel portion defines a channel to retain a wire.
A wire channel device, comprising:
- a transverse leg extending outwardly towards a downwardly extending leg of a wire channel, wherein the transverse leg extends beneath a rearwardly-facing hook portion of an upper siding panel;
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- the wire channel having the downwardly extending leg, a channel portion, and a rear upwardly extending leg, wherein the downwardly extending leg is longer than the rear upwardly extending leg and wherein the channel portion defines a channel to retain a wire.
A method of positioning a wire channel device, comprising the steps of:
- positioning the wire channel device between a lip portion of an upper siding panel and a complimentary hooked portion of a lower siding panel, the wire channel device comprising
- a transverse leg extending outwardly towards a downwardly extending leg of a wire channel, wherein the transverse leg extends beneath a rearwardly-facing hook portion of an upper siding panel,
- the wire channel having the downwardly extending leg, a channel portion, and a rear upwardly extending leg, wherein the downwardly extending leg is longer than the rear upwardly extending leg and wherein the channel portion defines a channel to retain a wire, and
- at least one upwardly extending arm having a top portion, a bottom portion, an inner surface, and an outer surface, the outer surface of the top portion having a projection to engage and to secure the wire channel device between the lip portion of the upper siding panel and the complimentary hooked portion of the lower siding panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.