Application of siding, shingles or shakes to a wall structure
OwnerGeorge Armand Herouxinventor
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Abstract
Siding boards, shingles, shakes, or the like are applied to the wall of a building by use of a tool having an arm which extends upwardly adjacent the wall structure and is temporarily secured thereto, with the siding or the like then being placed at the outer side of the tool arm, and being supported at a predetermined level by a projection extending outwardly from a lower portion of the arm, so that the siding can then be nailed to the wall structure and the tool can ultimately be withdrawn from its position of reception between the siding and wall structure for use in similarly positioning and securing a next successive layer of siding, shingles, etc. to the structure. Preferably, two such tools are employed at horizontally spaced locations for supporting the siding or the like therebetween.
Claims12
The method of applying wall covering elements to a wall structure that comprises:
- temporarily attaching at least one tool to the wall structure by a fastener engaging an upper portion of the tool, with said tool having an arm extending downwardly from the location of the fastener and adjacent the wall structure and having a projection which extends outwardly at a location spaced beneath said fastener a distance greater than the vertical dimension of said covering element;
- supporting a wall covering element by said projection of the tool and at the outer side of said arm, with the arm received between the covering element and the wall structure and projecting upwardly beyond said covering element and with said fastener exposed above the covering element;
- attaching the covering element to the wall structure;
- acting against said exposed fastener above the covering element to disconnect the tool from the wall structure;
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- sliding the arm of the tool out from behind the covering element.
The combination comprising:
- a wall structure;
- a wall covering element adjacent the wall structure;
- a tool temporarily supporting said wall covering element and having an arm extending upwardly behind the covering element and between it and the wall structure;
- said tool having a projection extending outwardly from a lower portion of said arm at a location beneath said covering element and supporting said element at a predetermined level;
- said arm having an upper portion projecting upwardly beyond said covering element;
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- a fastener temporarily attaching said arm to the wall structure above the covering element and exposed for actuation to release the tool for sliding removal from behind the covering element.
The combination comprising:
- two similar tools to be secured temporarily to a wall structure at horizontally spaced locations and each having an arm adapted to extend upwardly adjacent the wall structure and between it and a covering element;
- each of said tools having a projection extending outwardly from a lower portion of said arm to be received beneath a covering element;
- an elongated member to extend horizontally between said tools and be supported by said projections at spaced locations and adapted to support covering elements;
- each of said tool arms having an upper portion adapted to project upwardly beyond a supported covering element and containing an aperture for receiving a fastener above the covering element to temporarily secure the tools and supported horizontal member to the wall structure;
- each of said arms being constructed to be slidable from between the wall structure and covering element after attachment of the latter to the wall structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.