Vented soffit panel

• US 20040216397A1
• Filed: 05/02/2003
• Published: 11/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CertainTeed Corp. (Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA)
• Original Assignee: CertainTeed Corp. (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Inventors: Sigmund, John L.
• Granted Patent: US 6,941,707 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/95
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/152 with ventilating means in soffits or fascias; on the eaves of the roof E04D13/178
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/158 covering the overhang at the eave side, e.g. soffits, or the verge of saddle roofs
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/178 on the eaves of the roof

Abstract

A cladding product which includes a panel having at least one panel section and at least one longitudinal recess. The longitudinal recess includes a first channel portion adjacent to the panel section and a second channel portion adjacent to the first channel portion. The second channel portion includes at least one edge portion that extends wider than the first channel portion at a distal end of the first channel portion. The second channel portion includes a plurality of ventilation openings formed on the at least one edge portion.

Claims

1. A cladding product comprising:

a panel having at least one panel section and at least one longitudinal recess,

wherein the at least one longitudinal recess includes a first channel portion adjacent to the at least one panel section, and a second channel portion adjacent to the first channel portion, the second channel portion having a pair of edge portions at opposite ends of the second channel portion from each other, the second channel portion being wider than a width of the first channel portion at an end of said first channel portion distal from the panel, and

wherein the edge portions include a plurality of openings.

2. The cladding product of claim 1, wherein each edge portion has an upper and lower segment and a connecting segment which connects the upper and lower segments of the respective edge portion.

3. The cladding product of claim 2, wherein the plurality of openings are disposed on one or both of the upper and lower segments of the edge portions.

4. The cladding product of claim 2, wherein the plurality of openings are disposed on the connecting segment of the edge portion.

5. The cladding product of claim 3, wherein the openings are approximately 0.125 inch in width, between about 1.0 to 1.3 inches in length, and between about 0.75 and 1.0 inch apart.

6. The cladding product of claim 4, wherein the openings are between about 1.2 to 1.3 inches in length, about 0.13 to 0.14 inch in width, and between about 0.7 to 0.8 inch apart.

7. The cladding product of claim 3, wherein the openings are formed by a perforation wheel process.

8. The cladding product of claim 4, wherein the openings are formed by a blade cutting process.

9. The cladding product of claim 4, wherein the openings are formed by a router cutting process.

10. A vented siding panel comprising:

a planar main body member including at least one ventilation channel disposed therein, wherein the at least one ventilation channel comprises a base portion and a cap portion, and wherein a width of said cap portion is greater than a width of said base portion, and the cap portion has a plurality of ventilation openings at or adjacent to opposite ends thereof.

11. The vented siding panel of claim 10, wherein the cap portion of the ventilation channel comprises a substantially planar member coupled to respective first ends of the at least two walls of the base portion.

16. The vented siding panel of claim 10, wherein the at least one ventilation channel comprises at least two ventilation channels.

17. The vented siding panel of claim 10, wherein the base portion of the ventilation channel comprises at least two walls which are angled with respect to the planar body member.

12. (Canceled)

13. The vented siding panel of claim 12, wherein the cap portion of the ventilation channel includes a top wall which is substantially parallel to the planar main body member, at least two sidewalls, and at least one partial bottom wall.

14. The vented siding panel of claim 13, wherein the at least one partial bottom wall of the cap portion is coupled to the base portion of the ventilation channel.

15. The vented siding panel of claim 14, wherein the at least two sidewalls each include at least one ventilation opening formed therein.

18-21. -21. (Canceled)

22. A vented siding panel comprising:

a panel having at least one panel section and at least one longitudinal recess,

a pair of channel walls connected to and extending away from the panel section on opposite sides of the recess;

a pair of lower segment walls connected to and extending away from respective ones of the pair of channel walls, the lower segment walls having laterally extending distal ends;

an upper segment wall having a width greater than a width of the longitudinal recess, with the lower segment walls located between the panel section and the upper segment wall; and

a pair of connecting segments connecting the distal ends of the lower segment walls to ends of the upper segment wall,

wherein a plurality of ventilation openings are located in at least one of the group consisting of one of the lower segment walls, one of the connecting segments, and the upper segment wall, such that the ventilation openings are hidden from view when the panel is viewed from a side of the panel section opposite the upper segment wall.

23. The vented siding panel of claim 22, wherein the upper segment wall is substantially parallel to the panel section.

24. The vented siding panel of claim 23, wherein the pair of lower segment walls are substantially parallel to the upper segment wall and to the panel section.

25. The vented siding panel of claim 22, wherein the ventilation openings are located in or adjacent to the connecting segments.

26. A structure comprising the vented siding panel of claim 22, further comprising a building having one of the group consisting of a roof or eaves, wherein the vented siding panel is mounted to a bottom of the roof or eaves such that the ventilation openings are hidden from view.

27. A cladding product comprising:

a panel having at least one panel section and at least one longitudinal recess,

wherein the at least one longitudinal recess includes a first channel portion adjacent to the at least one panel section, and a second channel portion adjacent to the first channel portion, the second channel portion having a pair of laterally extending edge portions at opposite sides of the second channel portion from each other, the second channel portion being wider than a width of the first channel portion at an end of said first channel portion distal from said panel section, and wherein the edge portions include a plurality of openings.

28. A vented siding panel comprising:

a planar main body member including at least one ventilation channel disposed therein, wherein the at least one ventilation channel comprises a base portion and a cap portion having laterally extending edge portions, and wherein a width of said cap portion between said laterally extending edge portions is greater than a width of said base portion, and the cap portion has a plurality of ventilation openings at or adjacent to lateral edges of said laterally extending edge portions.