Siding panels
First Claim
1. A building siding panel comprising an elongate cover sheet having a pair of spaced apart, integral and generally longitudinally extending edges, a separate and firm backerboard of a resin foam insulating material underlying one side of said cover sheet and being fixed to said cover sheet, said backerboard having a pair of spaced apart, integral and generally longitudinally extending edges disposed between and adjacent and constructed and arranged such that they are spaced inward transversely of said longitudinally extending edges of said cover sheet, one of said longitudinal edges of said cover sheet being a substantially straight edge extending longitudinally substantially throughout the length of said cover sheet, projecting outwardly transversely beyond the adjacent longitudinal edge of said backerboard and constructed and arranged such that when assembled with another immediately adjacent first panel said straight edge underlies and is overlapped by the cover sheet of such adjacent first panel, an integral tongue of said backerboard extending longitudinally substantially throughout the length of said cover sheet, spaced inward transversely of and adjacent the other longitudinal edge of said cover sheet and constructed and arranged such that when assembled with another immediately adjacent second panel said tongue underlies and is overlapped by the straight edge of the cover sheet of such adjacent second panel to interlock said siding panel with such second panel, a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart holes through said cover sheet immediately adjacent said one straight edge thereof, overlying said backerboard and constructed and arranged when assembled to underlie and be overlapped and covered up by such cover sheet of such adjacent first panel.
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Abstract
A siding panel with a cover sheet of hardboard fixed by an adhesive to an underlying backerboard of resin foam. Preferably the panels are installed with their longitudes extending horizontally. Each panel is secured to a wall frame by nails passing through spaced apart holes through the cover sheet adjacent its upper longitudinal edge and a locking structure adjacent the lower longitudinal edge of the panel. In the first course of panels the locking structure engages a starter strip nailed to the wall frame and in each succeeding course of panels engages the upper edge of an adjacent panel in the immediately preceding course. The locking structure is a tongue and preferably an adjacent recess in the lower longitudinal edge of the backerboard which when installed receives and interlocks with the upper nailed edge of the cover sheet of an immediately adjacent panel or a flange of a starter strip simulating an upper edge of a panel.
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33 Claims
- 1. A building siding panel comprising an elongate cover sheet having a pair of spaced apart, integral and generally longitudinally extending edges, a separate and firm backerboard of a resin foam insulating material underlying one side of said cover sheet and being fixed to said cover sheet, said backerboard having a pair of spaced apart, integral and generally longitudinally extending edges disposed between and adjacent and constructed and arranged such that they are spaced inward transversely of said longitudinally extending edges of said cover sheet, one of said longitudinal edges of said cover sheet being a substantially straight edge extending longitudinally substantially throughout the length of said cover sheet, projecting outwardly transversely beyond the adjacent longitudinal edge of said backerboard and constructed and arranged such that when assembled with another immediately adjacent first panel said straight edge underlies and is overlapped by the cover sheet of such adjacent first panel, an integral tongue of said backerboard extending longitudinally substantially throughout the length of said cover sheet, spaced inward transversely of and adjacent the other longitudinal edge of said cover sheet and constructed and arranged such that when assembled with another immediately adjacent second panel said tongue underlies and is overlapped by the straight edge of the cover sheet of such adjacent second panel to interlock said siding panel with such second panel, a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart holes through said cover sheet immediately adjacent said one straight edge thereof, overlying said backerboard and constructed and arranged when assembled to underlie and be overlapped and covered up by such cover sheet of such adjacent first panel.
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2. The siding panel of claim which also comprises a recess in said backerboard adjacent said cover sheet and said tongue and extending longitudinally substantially throughout the length of said backerboard and constructed and arranged when assembled with such second panel to slidably receive by edgewise insertion the straight edge of the cover sheet of such adjacent second panel with the straight edge of such adjacent second panel bearing on said backerboard of said siding panel and said other longitudinal edge of said cover sheet of said siding panel bearing on the cover sheet of such second panel, whereby a substantially weathertight seal is obtained between said siding panel and such second panel.
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33. A building panel comprising an elongate cover sheet having a pair of spaced apart, integral and generally longitudinally extending edges, a firm backerboard of a resin foam insulating material underlying one side of said cover sheet and being fixed to said cover sheet, said backerboard having a pair of spaced apart, integral and generally longitudinally extending edges disposed between and adjacent and constructed and arranged such that they are spaced inward transversely of said longitudinally extending edges of said cover sheet, one of said longitudinal edges of said cover sheet being a substantially straight edge extending longitudinally of said cover sheet, projecting outwardly transversely beyond the adjacent longitudinal edge of said backerboard and constructed and arranged such that when assembled with another immediately adjacent first panel said straight edge underlies and is overlapped by the cover sheet of such adjacent first panel, an integral tongue of said backerboard extending longitudinally of said cover sheet, spaced inward transversely and adjacent the other longitudinal edge of said cover sheet and constructed and arranged such that when assembled with another immediately adjacent second panel said tongue underlies and is overlapped by the straight edge of the cover sheet of such adjacent second panel to interlock said siding panel with such second panel, a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart holes through said cover sheet immediately adjacent said straight edge thereof, underlying said backerboard, and constructed and arranged when assembled to underlie and be overlapped and covered up by such cover sheet of such adjacent first panel.
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