US 4,382,354 AGranted

Siding panel systems with panel-mounting devices

AssigneeAlcan Aluminum Corporation

InventorsJ. Lynn Gailey, Carl A. Wollam

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Abstract

For use with horizontal siding panels each having complementary first and second locking means respectively formed along their top and bottom margins for interlocking vertically adjacent courses of panels in overlapping array, a system for mounting, on a wall, a panel interposed between already-mounted upper and lower courses which are vertically spaced by a distance less than the height of the interposed panel. The system includes clip means for securing the second locking means of the upper-course panels to the wall while permitting upward insertion of the first locking means of the interposed panel, behind the upper-course panels, to a level above that at which the second locking means of the upper-course panels would interlock therewith, retaining means for securing the first locking means of the interposed panel to the wall at that level against upward, downward or outward movement, and means mountable on the top margins of the lower-course panels for interlocking with the second locking means of the interposed panels, the interlocking means, when thus mounted, being vertically slidable through a range of elevations relative to the lower-course panels.

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Dependent claims

A system for mounting, on a wall, a horizontally elongated sliding panel in interposed relation to vertically spaced upper and lower courses of like panels already secured to the wall, said siding panels being of a type that are disposed one above another on a wall in parallel, overlapping array, each of said panels having a top margin along which it is attached to the wall, a bottom margin, and complementary first and second locking means respectively adjacent said top and bottom margins for interlocking vertically adjacent overlapping panels by engagement of the first locking means of one overlapped panel with the second locking means of an overlapping panel immediately above it in the array, the vertical distance between the second locking means of said upper course and the first locking means of said lower course being less than the vertical distance between the first and second locking means of said interposed panel, said system comprising

(a) clip means fixedly mountable on the wall for interlocking with the second locking means of a panel of said upper course to secure the bottom margin of the upper-course panel to the wall;
(b) retaining means securable to the wall and having a portion for engaging the first locking means of the interposed panel, at a location behind the last-mentioned upper-course panel and above the elevation at which the first locking means of the interposed panel would interlockingly engage the second locking means of said last-mentioned upper-course panel, to hold the first locking means of the interposed panel against downward movement below said location and to secure the top margin of the interposed panel to the wall, with said clip means and said retaining means both concealed behind the upper-course and interposed panels, said clip means being shaped and dimensioned to permit the top margin of the interposed panel to be inserted upwardly behind the last-mentioned upper-course panel sufficiently to position the first locking means of the interposed panel at said location;
and
(c) means for interlocking with the second locking means of the interposed panel, when the first locking means engages said portion of said retaining means at said location, to secure the bottom margin of the interposed panel to the wall;
wherein the improvement comprises:
(d) said retaining means including means for positively restraining the first locking means of the interposed panel against upward movement above said location;
and
(e) said interlocking means comprising means, mountable on the top margin of a panel of the lower course so as to be selectively positionable throughout a range of elevations relative thereto, for interlocking with the second locking means of the interposed panel outwardly of the lower-course panel at a level below that at which the second locking means of the interposed panel would interlock with the first locking means of the lower-course panel.

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A siding panel assembly mounted on a wall and comprising, in combination,

(a) a plurality of courses of horizontally elongated siding panels secured to the wall, said siding panels being disposed one above another on the wall in parallel, overlapping array, each of said panels having a top margin along which it is attached to the wall, a bottom margin, and complementary first and second locking means respectively adjacent said top and bottom margins for interlocking vertically adjacent overlapping panels by engagement of the first locking means of one overlapped panel with the second locking means of an overlapping panel immediately above it in the array, said assembly including vertically spaced upper and lower courses of the panels and at least one other panel interposed between the upper and lower courses, the vertical distance between the second locking means of said upper course and the first locking means of said lower course being less than the vertical distance between the first and second locking means of said interposed panel;
(b) clip means fixedly mounted on the wall and interlocked with the second locking means of said interposed panel;
(c) retaining means secured to the wall and having a portion engaging the first locking means of the interposed panel, at a location behind the last-mentioned upper-course panel and above the elevation at which the first locking means of the interposed panel would interlockingly engage the second locking means of said last-mentioned upper-course panel, for holding the first locking means of the interposed panel against downward movement below said location and to secure the top margin of the interposed panel to the wall, with said clip means and said retaining means both concealed behind the upper-course and interposed panels, said clip means being shaped and dimensioned to permit the top margin of the interposed panel to be inserted upwardly behind the last-mentioned upper-course panel at least sufficiently to position the first locking means of the interposed panel at said location;
and
(d) means interlocking with the second locking means of the interposed panel for securing the bottom margin of the interposed panel to the wall;
wherein the improvement comprises:
(e) said retaining means including means for positively restraining the first locking means of the interposed panel against upward movement above said location;
and
(f) said interlocking means comprising means, mounted on the top margin of a panel of the lower course so as to be selectively positionable throughout a range of elevations relative thereto, for interlocking with the second locking means of the interposed panel outwardly of the lower-course panel at a level below that at which the second locking means of the interposed panel would interlock with the first locking means of the lower-course panel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.