Hidden fastener to secure loose vinyl siding
OwnerJohn David Donnellyinventor
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Abstract
A hidden siding fastener is provided. The hidden siding fastener includes an upper nail hem hook and an opposing lower pressure point, fold point and lock engagement hook extending therefrom. The nail hem hook is threaded through the back side of a lower piece of siding panel so that the lock engagement hook can nest into a siding lock slot of the same siding panel. Thereby, a separate upper piece of siding panel and specifically its siding lock hook can operatively associate with the lock engagement hook and fold point in a locked engagement, while the pressure point urges a more secure locked engagement between the two pieces of siding panel.
Claims4
A method for forming a locked engagement an upper siding panel and a lower siding panel, comprising:
- providing a siding fastener comprising:
- a front plate extending between an upper end and a lower end;
- the upper end turns radially until transitioning into a nail hem hook extending diagonally downward away from the upper end;
- the lower end turns diagonally downward and rearward, at a pressure point, until transitioning radially upward, and further rearward, to define a lower fold;
- the lower fold radially turns at a fold point toward the lower end;
- and
- a lock engagement hook extends upwardly and rearward from a distal end of the lower fold;
- providing a lower siding panel having a nail hem;
- providing an upper siding panel having a siding lock hook extending from a lower edge;
- nesting the lock engagement hook in the siding lock slot;
- bending a top portion of the front plate over the nail hem;
- and
- associating the siding lock hook with the lock engagement hook in the locked engagement.
A siding fastener, comprising:
- a front plate extending between an upper end and a lower end;
- the upper end turns radially until transitioning into a nail hem hook extending diagonally downward away from the upper end;
- the lower end turns diagonally downward and rearward, at a pressure point, until transitioning radially upward, and further rearward, to define a lower fold;
- the lower fold radially turns at a fold point toward the lower end;
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- a lock engagement hook extends upwardly and rearward from a distal end of the lower fold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.