Cedar impression siding corner

A molded corner piece for covering a corner of a structure defined by two mating walls of said structure and for use in conjunction with siding panels containing multiple shingle impression courses fastened to said mating walls, each of said mating walls having an exterior face defined in the horizontal X-vertical Y plane, with a thickness of said wall being defined in the Z direction perpendicular to the X-Y plane, said corner piece comprising:

• a first group of vertically stacked shingle impressions and a second group of vertically stacked shingle impressions, each shingle impression in said first and second groups including an exterior face and an interior face and a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge opposite said first lateral edge, said first group and second group meeting at a common corner defined by said first lateral edges,
• said second lateral edges of an adjacent pair of said vertically stacked shingle impressions in at least one of said groups being offset from each other in the X direction when said corner piece is secured the corner of said structure, wherein said shingle impressions of said at least one group overlap at least a portion of said siding panels when said siding panels and said corner piece are fastened to said structure, whereby said shingle impressions and said multiple shingle impression courses of said siding panels cooperate to give the appearance that said corner piece substantially blends into said siding panels;
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• fastening means for attaching said corner piece to said structure, said fastening means disposed such that said corner piece is detachable from said corner of said structure without removing said siding panels from said walls of said structure when said siding panels and said corner piece are fastened to said structure.

An injection molded corner piece for covering a corner of a structure defined by two mating walls of said structure and for use in conjunction with siding panels containing multiple shingle impression courses fastened to said mating walls, each of said mating walls having an exterior face defined in the horizontal X-vertical Y plane, with a thickness of said wall being defined in the Z direction perpendicular to the X-Y plane, said corner piece comprising:

• a first group of vertically stacked shingle impressions and a second group of vertically stacked shingle impressions, each shingle impression in said first and second groups including an exterior face and an interior face and a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge opposite said first lateral edge, said first group and second group meeting at a common corner defined by said first lateral edges,
• said second lateral edges of an adjacent pair of said vertically stacked shingle impressions in at least one of said groups being offset from each other in the X direction when said corner piece is secured to the corner of said structure, wherein said shingle impressions of said at least one group overlap at least a portion of said siding panels when said siding panels and said corner piece are fastened to said structure, whereby said shingle impressions and said multiple shingle impression courses of said siding panels cooperate to give the appearance that said corner piece substantially blends into said siding panels;
• a nailing flange for securing said corner piece to said structure disposed such that said corner piece is detachable from said corner of said structure without removing said siding panels from said walls of said structure when said siding panels and said corner piece are fastened to said structure;
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• a cooperable catch means for securing a pair of said corner pieces to each other, said cooperable catch means disposed to secure a bottom end of a first one of said pair to a top end of a second one of said pair.