Joiner clip
AssigneeExterior Research & Design, LLC
InventorColin R. Murphy
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Abstract
A joiner clip for securing panels to a substrate is provided that includes a planar sheet of material that has a bottom portion terminating in outer edges. A pair of legs extends downward from the outer edges and terminating in a retaining shelf clip adapted to support a bottom edge of an inserted panel. Mounting holes form countersunk indents in the planar sheet that offsets the joiner clip from the substrate. A construction unit is also provided has such a joiner clip secured to a vertical stud substrate. At least inserted panel is supported in the retaining shelf clip of a first leg of the clip. A joint is readily formed between two inserted panels. Fasteners through an inserted panel secure the same to the clip and substrate. An additional siding strip is readily secured to the substrate below the pair of legs.
Claims18
A joiner clip for securing panels to a substrate comprising:
- a planar sheet of material, having a bottom portion, the bottom portion having outer edges;
- a pair of legs extending downward from the outer edges of the bottom portion of said planar sheet, said pair of legs terminating in a retaining shelf clip adapted to hold a bottom edge of an inserted panel;
- a first mounting hole in a countersunk indent of said planar sheet that offsets the joiner clip from the substrate;
- a second mounting hole in said planar sheet;
- said first mounting hole and said second mounting hole sized to accommodate fasteners for attaching the joiner clip to the substrate;
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- one or more control drive fins on a back side of said planar sheet for compensation for portions of the substrate that are out of plane.
A construction unit comprising:
- a vertical stud substrate;
- a joiner clip for securing panels to the substrate comprising:
- a planar sheet of material, having a bottom portion, the bottom portion having outer edges;
- a pair of legs extending downward from the outer edges of the bottom portion of said planar sheet, said pair of legs terminating in a retaining shelf clip;
- a first mounting hole in a countersunk indent of said planar sheet that offsets the joiner clip from the substrate;
- a second mounting hole in said planar sheet;
- said first mounting hole and said second mounting hole sized to accommodate fasteners for attaching the joiner clip to the substrate;
- and one or more control drive fins on a back side of said planar sheet for compensation for portions of the substrate that are out of plane;
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- an inserted panel supported by at least one of said pair of legs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.