Siding holder
OwnerErnest Casteel, George Spectorinventors
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Abstract
A device for supporting one end of a lap siding while an opposite end is being nailed during a siding installation one a house; the device including, in one design, a hook for hooking over a top edge of a siding already installed, and a hanger adjustably mounted on the hook for a next above siding member to rest thereupon at a correct distance of overlap while the opposite end is manually held in the nailing progress.
Claims3
A siding holder comprising in combination an inverted U-shaped hook and a hanger forming an upward notch, said hook adapted to rest on an upper edge of an already-installed lap siding board, said upward notch adapted to support an uninstalled lap siding wherein said hook and hanger are attached to a longitudinal flat leg extending downwardly of said hook and hanger forming a common wall between said hook and hanger which are disposed adjacent each other on opposite sides of said leg, said hanger and hook having spaced transverse surfaces adapted to abut said lapped sidings, in further combination with means for varying the spacing of said surfaces.
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