Siding joinery
AssigneeRoyal Mouldings, Limited
InventorsBrian L. STAFFORD, Steven A. MITCHELL, Brandon NADLER, Michel BOULANGER
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Abstract
A panel system includes elongated panels coupled together at a seam portion with respective interlocking portions at corresponding vertical ends to provide a substantially planar surface. In siding panel systems, joined siding panels are provided in vertically arranged rows that further couple together along adjacent horizontal edges of the respective rows of siding panels.
Claims12
A panel system comprising a pair of panels coupled by a coupling means at adjacent vertical ends of a first panel of the pair of panels and a second panel of the pair of panels, wherein an outer surface of the first panel and an outer surface of the second panel together provide a substantially planar row outer surface, wherein the coupling means interlocks the panels as a single composite panel, wherein the composite panel moves horizontally as a single unit during shifting, contraction or expansion.
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