Siding installation tool and method of installing siding
AssigneeCertainTeed Corporation
InventorRick James Morse
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Abstract
A siding installation tool is provided comprising a main body portion including a spacing flange. The spacing flange includes a hook member disposed to hang the tool from a top edge of a first siding panel and a seat member disposed to receive the bottom edge of a second siding panel, wherein the flange portion is sized to provide a partial overlap of the first siding panel by the second siding panel when the tool is attached to the first siding panel by the hook member and the second siding panel is seated in the seat. The tool also includes measuring means located on the tool.
Claims20
A siding installation tool, comprising:
- a main body portion having a first edge and a second edge forming a right angle thereto and a third edge between said first and second edges, a first one of said first and second edges having a spacing flange coupled thereto, said spacing flange including:
- a hook member disposed to hang said tool from a top edge of a first siding panel;
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- a seat member disposed to receive the bottom edge of a second siding panel,
- wherein said flange portion is sized to provide a partial overlap of said first siding panel by said second siding panel when said tool is attached to said first siding panel by said hook member and said second siding panel is seated in said seat;
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- measuring means located on said tool.
A siding installation tool, comprising:
- a main body portion forming a right angle having a pair of base legs and a hypotenuse side connected therebetween, a fist one of said base legs including distance measurement indicia thereon, said hypotenuse side including angle indicia thereon and a second one of said base legs including a flange portion coupled thereto, said flange portion including:
- a hook member disposed to hang said tool from a top edge of a first siding panel;
- and
- a seat member disposed to receive the bottom edge of a second siding panel,
- wherein said flange portion is sized to provide a partial overlap of said first siding panel by said second siding panel when said tool is attached to said first siding panel by said hook member and said second siding panel is seated in said seat.
A method of installing siding panel, comprising the steps of:
- (a) securing a siding installation tool from a top edge of a first siding panel aligned along the surface of a wall, said installation tool comprising:
- a main body portion having a first edge and a second edge forming a right angle thereto and a third edge between said first and second edges, a first one of said first and second edges having a spacing flange coupled thereto, said spacing flange including:
- a hook member disposed to hang said tool from a top edge of said first siding panel;
- and
- a seat member disposed to receive the bottom edge of a second siding panel,
- wherein said flange portion is sized to provide a partial overlap of said first siding panel by said second siding panel when said tool is attached to said first siding panel by said hook member and said second siding panel is seated in said seat;
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- measuring means located on said tool;
- (b) disposing a bottom edge of said second siding panel in said seat of said flange to support said second siding panel;
- (c) securing at least a first portion of said second siding panel to the wall of said structure while said second siding panel is supported;
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- (d) detaching said tool from said first siding panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.