House trim panels for use with siding and method of assembling the panels
OwnerCarl Andersoninventor
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Abstract
A window and door trim assembly which can be used with siding placed against the walls of a house and includes elongated L-shaped strips fit around the casing of the window or door, and hem strips snapped over forwardly protruding flanges provided on the walls of the facing strips. The hem strips are held on the flanges of the facing strips in a locking engagement therewith but with three gaps produced between the facing surfaces of the flanges and hem strips to compensate for expansion of siding due to heat. Plastic fasteners to secure the facing strips to the siding are of such length that they do not screw into the housing wall. A method of assembling the window and door trim is described.
Claims22
A house trim assembly for use with siding comprising:
- a facing strip including a pair of elongated walls forming a substantially L-shape transverse configuration, an elongated end region of at least one elongated wall having a longitudinal edge and two spaced-apart frontally extending, parallel elongated flanges which are of substantially the same configuration, one of said flanges being located adjacent said longitudinal edge;
- an elongated hem strip placed onto said flanges and having a base section and two legs forming a substantially C-shape configuration;
- said legs and said flanges having respective complementary faces shaped so that said legs engage and seize upon said flanges to ensure a locking engagement of said hem strip onto said flanges;
- first fastening means for securing said facing strip over siding adjacent a window, door or corner of the house,
- said first fastening means being received in said end region between said flanges and being of such length that they pass through said siding without penetrating a wall of the house;
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- second fastening means provided on a back side of said facing strip for securing said facing strip to the window, door or corner of the house,
- said second fastening means including double-stick tape members secured to each of said elongated walls and spaced from each other along the elongation of each of said walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.