Roofing or siding slat assembly with protective hinge-forming groove
First Claim
1. An interlocking slat assembly for use as siding, roofing, and the like to cover surface areas of a building comprising:
- a generally rectangular surface-covering panel;
an anchoring configuration adjacent an upper end portion of said panel;
a fastening tab adjacent said anchoring configuration and adapted to be secured to said building surface by fastening elements or the like passing therethrough;
a generally hook-like means integral with a lower portion of said panel for operatively engaging the anchoring configuration of a previously installed slat assembly for interlockingly positioning the slat assemblies one above the other in a partially overlapping manner; and
means for interconnecting said anchoring configuration and said fastening tab and integral therewith, said interconnecting means formed of a resilient material capable of deforming in the manner of a hinge and including a lateral groove of reduced thickness relative to the thickness of said anchoring configuration for establishing a hinge-type joint between said fastening tab and said panel to isolate said panel from the effects of distortions in said fastening tab and in said building surface such as may be caused when excessive force is applied to the fastening elements securing said fastening tab to said building surface.
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Abstract
An interlocking siding or roofing strip or slat assembly for covering the surface of a building which may be susceptible of being crushed or deformed by the application of excessive force to a fastening element such as a nail. The slat assembly includes a fastening tab, a panel, an anchoring configuration intermediate the panel and the fastening tab and a hook-like configuration integral with the bottom of the panel for operatively engaging the anchoring configuration of a previously-installed slat assembly for interlocking them one above the other in a partially overlapping manner. The fastening tab and the anchoring configuration are interconnected and the interconnection includes a lateral groove extending substantially the entire width of the panel and having a depth of approximately one-half of its thickness for forming a hinge-type protective joint therebetween for isolating the panel from buckling and the other effects of deformation and distortion in the fastening tab and building surface such as that caused by the excessive application of force to the fastening elements securing the fastening tab to the building surface.
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10 Claims
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1. An interlocking slat assembly for use as siding, roofing, and the like to cover surface areas of a building comprising:
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a generally rectangular surface-covering panel; an anchoring configuration adjacent an upper end portion of said panel; a fastening tab adjacent said anchoring configuration and adapted to be secured to said building surface by fastening elements or the like passing therethrough; a generally hook-like means integral with a lower portion of said panel for operatively engaging the anchoring configuration of a previously installed slat assembly for interlockingly positioning the slat assemblies one above the other in a partially overlapping manner; and means for interconnecting said anchoring configuration and said fastening tab and integral therewith, said interconnecting means formed of a resilient material capable of deforming in the manner of a hinge and including a lateral groove of reduced thickness relative to the thickness of said anchoring configuration for establishing a hinge-type joint between said fastening tab and said panel to isolate said panel from the effects of distortions in said fastening tab and in said building surface such as may be caused when excessive force is applied to the fastening elements securing said fastening tab to said building surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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- 8. In an interlocking slat assembly having a nailing tab adapted to be secured to a building surface comprising insulation board or the like, said surfaces having a tendency to crush and otherwise deform under excessive nailing force, by fastening elements such as nails and the like, a panel for use as siding, roofing or the like for covering an area of the building surface, an anchoring configuration adjacent the upper end portion of the panel and a hook-like configuration at the lower end of the panel for operatively engaging the anchoring configuration of a previously installed slat assembly for interlocking vertically adjacent slat assemblies to position them on above the other in a partially overlapping manner, the improvement comprising groove-forming meamns intermediate said nailing tab and said panel forming of a resilient material capable of deforming in the manner of a hinge and including a lateral groove of reduced thickness relative to the thickness of said anchoring configuration for forming a hinge-type groove therebetween which allows yielding for isolating said panel from deformations and distortions such as buckling and the like caused by the fastening elements being driven too forcibly into said nailing tab so as to crush or otherwise deform portions of said building surface or said nailing tab.
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