Roof and wall covering with improved corner construction

A one piece corner molding for a wall covering mountable on two wall surfaces that form a corner and which includes a plurality of laterally adjacent wall panels each formed with a plurality of simulated building elements comprising:

• a pair of building elements disposed at an angle to each other corresponding substantially to the angle of the wall surfaces that define a corner upon which the corner molding is mounted,
• said building elements have rearwardly directed side flanges for bearing overlying engagement with the building elements of horizontally adjacent wall panels and rearwardly directly bottom flanges for bearing engagement with the building elements of an underlying corner molding,
• a mounting and latch mechanism extending upwardly from the upper marginal edge region of the building elements, a latching engaging hook extending rearwardly of the corner molding adjacent a lower end thereof,
• said mounting and latch mechanism comprising mounting flanges for mounting the corner molding on the wall surfaces and a latch having a downwardly opening hook receiving aperture,
• said hook of one corner member being engageable with the downwardly opening hook receiving aperture of the previously mounted corner molding for aligning the corner molding in relation to the previously mounted corner molding, and
• said engaged hook and latch being operative for captively retaining the building elements of the corner molding in engaging relation with the building elements of the adjacent wall panels and underlying corner molding and preventing outward movement of a lower end of the corner molding with respect to the underlying wall panels and previously mounted corner molding.

A one piece corner molding for a wall covering mountable on two wall surfaces that form a corner and which includes a plurality of laterally adjacent wall panels each formed with a plurality of simulated building elements comprising:

• a pair of building elements disposed at an angle to each other corresponding substantially to the angle of the wall surfaces that define a corner upon which the corner molding is mounted,
• a stacked arrangement of at least two simulated shake shingles on a right side thereof and a stacked arrangement of two shake shingles on a left side thereof disposed at an angle to the simulated shake shingle on the right,
• said left and right stacked arrangements of simulated shake being disposed at an angle to each corresponding substantially to the angle of the wall surfaces that define a corner upon which the corner molding is mounted, and
• each said stacked arrangement of simulated shake shingles includes an outer shake shingle and underlying inner shake shingle.

A method of forming a wall cover for a pair of wall surfaces that define a corner which is substantially greater than 90° comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of elongated wall panels each formed with a plurality of simulated building elements, providing a plurality of corner moldings each formed with a pair of building elements disposed substantially at a right angle to each other, a mounting and latch mechanism extending upwardly from an upper marginal edge region of the building elements and a latch engaging hook extending rearwardly of the corner molding adjacent a lower end thereof,
• mounting said wall panels in horizontal courses beginning with a lower-most course and with the lower marginal edge region of each panel in partially overlying relation to an upper marginal edge region of a previously mounted course of wall panels,
• longitudinally severing said mounting and latch mechanism and said hook of each corner molding, and
• mounting said building element on said wall surfaces with the longitudinally severed hook of one building element in interengaged relation with the longitudinally severed mounting and latch mechanism of the underlying building element.