Apparatus for forming vinyl siding corners extending over walls intersecting at obtuse angles

An apparatus for forming vinyl siding corners extending over a first surface and a second surface intersecting at an obtuse angle between ninety degrees and one hundred sixty degrees, said apparatus comprising:

• A. a vinyl siding corner member being flexibly resilient and including:
• (1) an exterior corner member positioned extending over the first surface and the second surface and the obtuse angle of intersection therebetween, said exterior corner member along with the first surface and the second surface defining a clearance space means therebetween, said exterior corner member including:
• (a) a first exterior siding member;
• (b) a second exterior siding member integral with respect to said first exterior siding member and extending outwardly therefrom at an angle resiliently biased to approximately ninety degrees, said first exterior siding member and said second exterior siding member with the first surface and the second surface defining said clearance space means thereadjacent and therebetween;
• (2) a first attachment bracket being integral with said first exterior siding member and including:
• (a) a first attachment means to facilitate securement of said first exterior siding member to the first surface, said first attachment means including a first flange means defining a first hole means extending therethrough to facilitate securement of said first exterior siding member with respect to the first surface;
• (b) said first attachment bracket defining a first interior slot means positioned within said clearance space means and facing therein;
• (3) a second attachment bracket being integral with said second exterior siding member and including:
• (a) a second attachment means to facilitate securement of said second exterior siding member to the second surface, said second attachment means including a second flange means defining a second hole means extending therethrough to facilitate securement of said second exterior siding member with respect to the second surface;
• (b) said second attachment bracket defining a second interior slot means positioned within said clearance space means and facing therein;
• B. a plurality of expander members positionable within said clearance space means spaced approximately two feet apart and extending into said first interior slot means and said second interior slot means to facilitate flexible movement of said exterior corner member such that said first exterior siding member and said second exterior siding member are oriented at an obtuse angle between ninety degrees and one hundred sixty degrees with respect to one another, each said expander member including:
• (1) a first arm means including:
• (a) a first arm plate positionable extending into said first interior slot means;
• (b) a first pivotal attachment means positioned spatially disposed on said first arm means from said first arm plate and defining a mounting aperture means therein, said first pivotal attachment means further defining a fastening aperture means therein, said first pivotal attachment means further defining an alignment slot means therein being concentric with respect to said mounting aperture means;
• (2) a second arm means including:
• (a) a second arm plate positionable extending into said second interior slot means at an obtuse angle of between ninety degrees and one hundred sixty degrees with respect to said first arm plate;
• (b) a second pivotal attachment means positioned spatially disposed on said second arm means from said second arm plate, said second pivotal attachment means being engageable with respect to said first pivotal attachment means to pivotally secure said first arm means with respect to said second arm means, said second pivotal attachment means defining an alignment ring means therein adapted to extend into said alignment slot means for movable engagement therewith to maintain alignment between said first arm means and said second arm means during relative pivotal movement therebetween, said second pivotal attachment means including:
• (i) a mounting stud means adapted to extend through said mounting aperture means defined in said first pivotal attachment means to facilitate pivotal movement of said first arm means with respect to said second arm means;
• (ii) a enlarged head means fixedly secured to said mounting stud means extending through said mounting aperture means to maintain engagement therebetween during relative pivotal movement between said first arm means and said second arm means for adjustment of angular positioning therebetween;
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• (3) a fastening means adapted to selectively fixedly secure said first pivotal attachment means of said first arm means with respect to said second pivotal attachment means of said second arm means after selective adjustment therebetween to a desired obtuse angle relative therebetween such that said first exterior siding member is approximately parallel to the first surface and said second exterior siding member is approximately parallel to the second surface, said fastening means including a self-tapping screw means adapted to extend through said fastening aperture means into engagement with said second pivotal attachment means for fixedly securing said first arm means with respect to said second arm means after selective adjustment to a desired obtuse angle relative therebetween.

An expander apparatus with a formed vinyl siding exterior corner positioned extending over a first surface and a second surface intersecting at an obtuse angle, the formed vinyl siding exterior corner including:

• A. a vinyl siding corner member being flexibly resilient and including:
• (1) an exterior corner member positioned extending over the first surface and the second surface and the obtuse angle of intersection therebetween, the exterior corner member along with the first surface and the second surface defining a clearance space means therebetween, the exterior corner member including:
• (a) a first exterior siding member;
• (b) a second exterior siding member attached with respect to the first exterior siding member and extending outwardly therefrom at an angle resiliently biased to approximately ninety degrees, the first exterior siding member and the second exterior siding member with the first surface and the second surface defining the clearance space means thereadjacent and therebetween;
• (2) a first attachment bracket being attached to the first exterior siding member and including:
• (a) a first attachment means to facilitate securement of the first exterior siding member to the first surface;
• (b) the first attachment bracket defining a first interior slot means positioned within the clearance space means and facing therein;
• (3) a second attachment bracket being attached to the second exterior siding member and including:
• (a) a second attachment means to facilitate securement of the second exterior siding member to the second surface;
• (b) the second attachment bracket defining a second interior slot means positioned within the clearance space means and facing therein;
• the expander apparatus comprising at least one expander member positionable within the clearance space means and extending into the first interior slot means and the second interior slot means, each said expander member including:
• B. a first arm means positioned extending into the first interior slot means;
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• C. a second arm means attached to said first arm means and extending outwardly therefrom into the second interior slot means, said second arm means extending outwardly from said first arm means at an obtuse angle approximately equal to the obtuse angle of intersection between the first surface and the second surface to urge the exterior corner member of flexibly resilient material to flex to a position with the first exterior siding member and the second exterior siding member angularly oriented obtusely with respect to one another to extend over the first surface and the second surface and the obtuse intersecting angle therebetween.