Vinyl siding system

• US 5,694,728 A
• Filed: 05/22/1996
• Issued: 12/09/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bradley Heath, Clifford Stanley Jr. Heath
• Original Assignee: Bradley Heath, Clifford Stanley Jr. Heath
• Inventors: Heath, Bradley, Heath, Clifford Stanley Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SMITH, CREIGHTON H
• Application Number:
  US08/651,208
• Time in Patent Office: 566 Days
• Field of Search: 52/518, 52/519, 52/546, 52/554, 52/555, 52/529, 52/233
• US Class Current: 52/554
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 3/32 of plastics, fibrous materials, or asbestos cement
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 3/362 by locking the edge of one slab or sheet within the profiled marginal portion of the adjacent slab or sheet, e.g. using separate connecting elements
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0864 composed of superposed elements which overlap each other and of which the flat outer surface includes an acute angle with the surface to cover
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/18 of organic plastics with or without reinforcements or filling materials of plastic-bound fibres or chips E04F13/16 or with an outer layer of organic plastics with or without reinforcements or filling materials; plastic tiles E04F13/0864 takes precedence

Abstract

A vinyl siding system (12) for the exterior walls of a building (14) which comprises a plurality of panels (16) in which each of the panels (16) has a body portion (18). A structure (20) is for mounting the panels (16) against the exterior walls of the building (14) in horizontal extending rows, so that the panels (16) will be aligned one above another. A facility (22) is for over locking the panels (16) together, when the mounting structure (20) is utilized on the exterior walls of the building (14), so as to keep the panels (16) from coming loose during expansion of the panels (16).

Claims

1. A vinyl siding system for the exterior walls of a building which comprises:

a) a plurality of panels in which each of said panels has a body portion;

b) means for mounting said panels in horizontal extending rows, so that said panels will be aligned one above another;

c) means for overlocking said panels together, when said mounting means is adapted to be utilized on exterior walls of a building, so as to keep said panels from coming loose during expansion of said panels;

d) a pattern formed on a front surface of each said body portion of said panels, so that when said panels are secured to exterior walls of a building by said mounting means a simulated log cabin appearance will be created; and

e) plurality of starter strips, in which each of said starter strips contains;

i) a horizontal U-shaped lock groove; and

ii) a horizontal flat nail plate extending upwardly and set back from said lock groove, in which said flat nail plate having spaced apart nail slots will insure that nails can be driven through said nail slots and into an exterior wall of a building, so that said lock tongue on a lowest panel will engage with said lock groove of said starter strip, while said flat nail plate will underlie a bottom portion of said lowest panel.

2. A vinyl siding system for exterior walls of a building which comprises:

a) a plurality of panels, each of which has a body portion and end portions;

b) a plurality of outside corner posts, in which each of said outside corner posts has a body portion;

c) means for mounting each said outside corner post against an outside corner in a vertical position;

d) means for mounting said panels against exterior walls in horizontal extending rows, so that said panels will be aligned one above another, said mounting means being a pair of vertical flat nail plates, each said flat nail plate extending outwardly at a right angle from an opposite side of each said outside corner post, in which each said flat nail plate having spaced apart nail slots will insure that nails can be driven through said nail slots and into an exterior wall at an outside corner of a building, whereby each said flat nail plate will underlie the ends of said panels;

e) means for engaging the ends of said panels to said outside corner posts, said engaging means being a pair of vertical U-shaped channels, in which each said U-shaped channels is formed in each said outside corner post between said body portion and one said flat nail plate, so that the ends of said panels will fit into said U-shaped channels;

f) means for overlocking said panels together, when said intended to be mounting means is utilized on exterior walls of a building, so as to keep said panels from coming loose during expansion of said panels; and

g) a pattern formed on a front surface of each said body portion of said panels and said outside corner posts, so that when said panels and said outside corner posts are intended to be secured to exterior walls of a building, a simulated log cabin appearance will be created.

3. A vinyl siding system for exterior walls of a building which Comprises:

a) a plurality of panels, each of which has a body portion and end portions;

b) a plurality of inside comer posts, in which each of said inside corner posts has a body portion;

c) means for mounting each said inside corner post in a vertical position;

d) means for mounting said panels in horizontal extending rows, so that said panels will be aligned one above another, said mounting means being a pair of vertical flat nail plates, each said flat nail plate extending inwardly at a right angle from an opposite side of each said inside corner post, in which each said flat nail plate having spaced apart nail slots will insure that nails can be driven through said nail slots and into an inside corner whereby each said flat nail plate will underlie the ends of said panels;

e) means for engaging the ends of said panels to said inside corner posts, said engaging means being a pair of vertical U-shaped channels, in which each said U-shaped channel is formed in each said inside corner post between said body portion and one said flat nail plate, so that the ends of said panels will fit into said U-shaped channels;

f) means for overlocking said panels together, when said mounting means is intended to be utilized on exterior walls of a building, so as to keep said panels from coming loose during expansion of said panels; and

g) a pattern formed on a front surface of each said body portion of said panels and said inside corner posts, so that when said panels and said inside corner posts are secured to exterior walls of a building, a simulated log cabin appearance will be created.

4. A vinyl siding system for exterior walls of a building which comprises:

a) a plurality of panels, each of which has a body

b) means for mounting said panels against exterior walls of a building in horizontal extending rows, so that said panels will be aligned one above another;

c) means for overlocking said panels together, when said mounting means is intended to be utilized on exterior walls of a building, so as to keep said panels from coming loose during expansion of said panels;

d) a pattern formed on a front surface of each said body portion of said panels, so that when said panels are intended to be secured to exterior walls of a building by said mounting means, a simulated log cabin appearance will be created; and

e) a plurality of J-shaped channel members, in which each of said J-shaped channel members contains;

i) a U-shaped conduit;

ii) a flat nail plate extending outwardly from a back portion of said conduit, in which said flat nail plate having spaced apart nail slots will insure that nails can be driven through said nail slots about a window and door thereof, so that the ends of said panels will engage with said U-shaped conduit of said J-shaped channel member, while said flat nail plate will underlie the ends of said panels; and

iii) a pattern formed on a front surface of each said U-shaped conduit of said J-shaped channel members, so that when said J-shaped channel members are intended to be secured to exterior walls of a building about the windows and doors by said flat nail plates, a simulated log cabin appearance will be created.

5. A vinyl siding system as recited in claim 4, wherein said pattern formed on said front surface of each said U-shaped conduit of said J-shaped channel members is selected from the group consisting of a low gloss wood grain texture and a low gloss hand hewn texture.

6. A vinyl siding system for exterior walls of a building which comprises:

.

a) a plurality of panels in which each of said panels has a body portion;

b) means for mounting said panels in horizontal extending rows, so that said panels will be aligned one above another such that each said panel has top and bottom edges, side ends, and front and rear surfaces, wherein said mounting means is a horizontal flat nail plate extending upwardly and set back from the top of each said panel, each said flat nail plate having spaced apart nail slots which will insure that nails are driven through said nail slots whereby each said flat nail plate will underlie the bottom of said panel directly above;

c) means for over locking said panels together, when said mounting means is intended to be utilized on exterior walls of a building, so as to keep said panels from coming loose during expansion of said panels, wherein said over locking means comprises a horizontal lock groove formed in each said panel between said body portion and said flat nail plate and a horizontal lock tongue having a turned up edge formed on the bottom of each said panel at the rear thereof, whereby said lock tongue will engage with said lock groove of said panel directly below;

d) a pattern formed on a front surface of each said body portion of said panels, so that when said panels are intended to be secured to exterior walls of a building by said mounting means a simulated log cabin appearance will be created; and

e) each said panel consisting of said flat nail plate having a cut back on opposite ends, said lock groove having a cut back on opposite ends and said lock tongue having a cut back on opposite ends, to allow for overlapping of said panels in side by side relationships.

7. A vinyl siding system as recited in claim 6, wherein said pattern formed on said front surface of each said body portion of said panels is selected from the group consisting of a low gloss wood grain texture and a low gloss hand hewn texture.

8. A vinyl siding system as recited in claim 7, further including a plurality of starter strips, in which each of said starter strips contains:

a) a horizontal U-shaped lock groove; and

b) a horizontal flat nail plate extending upwardly and set back from said lock groove, in which said flat nail plate having spaced apart nail slots will insure that nails can be driven through said nail slots and into the exterior wall of the building, so that said lock tongue on said lowest panel will engage with said lock groove of said starter strip, while said flat nail plate will underlie the bottom of said lowest panel.

9. A vinyl siding system as recited in claim 8, further including:

a) a plurality of outside corner posts, in which each of said outside corner posts has a body portion;

b) means for mounting each said outside corner post against an outside corner of the exterior walls of the building in a vertical position;

c) means for engaging the ends of said panels to said outside corner posts; and

d) a pattern formed on a front surface of each said body portion of said outside corner posts, so that when said outside corner posts are secured to the outside corners of exterior walls of the building by said mounting means, a simulated log cabin appearance will be created.

10. A vinyl siding system as recited in claim 9, further including:

a) said mounting means being a pair of vertical flat nail plates, each said flat nail plate extending outwardly at a right angle from an opposite side of each said outside corner post, in which each said flat nail plate having spaced apart nail slots will insure that nails can be driven through said nail slots and into the exterior wall at the outside corner of the building, whereby each said flat nail plate will underlie the ends of said panels; and

b) said engaging means being a pair of vertical U-shaped channels, in which each said U-shaped channel is formed in each said outside corner post between said body portion and one said flat nail plate, so that the ends of said panels will fit into said U-shaped channels.

11. A vinyl siding system as recited in claim 10, wherein said pattern formed on said front surface of each said body portion of said outside corner posts is selected from the group consisting of a low gloss wood grain texture and a low gloss hand hewn texture.

12. A vinyl siding system as recited in claim 11, further including:

a) a plurality of inside corner posts in which each of said inside corner posts has a body portion;

b) means for mounting each said inside corner post against an inside corner of the exterior walls of the building in a vertical position;

c) means for engaging the ends of said panels to said inside corner posts; and

d) a pattern formed on a front surface of each said body portion of said inside corner posts, so that when said inside corner posts are secured to the inside corners of the exterior walls of the building by said mounting means, a simulated log cabin appearance will be created.

13. A vinyl siding system as recited in claim 12, further including:

a) said mounting means being a pair of vertical flat nail plates, each said flat nail plate extending inwardly at a right angle from an opposite side of each said inside corner post, in which each said flat nail plate having spaced apart nail slots will insure that nails can be driven through said nail slots and into the exterior wall at the inside corner of the building, whereby each said flat nail plate will underlie the ends of said panels; and

b) said engaging means being a pair of vertical U-shaped channels, in which each said U-shaped channel is formed in each said inside corner post between said body portion and one said flat nail plate, so that the ends of said panels will fit into said U-shaped channels.

14. A vinyl siding system as recited in claim 13, wherein said pattern formed on said front surface of each said body portion of said inside corner posts is selected from the group consisting of a low gloss wood grain texture and a low gloss hand hewn texture.

15. A vinyl siding system as recited in claim 14, further including a plurality of J-shaped channel members, in which each of said J-shaped channel members contains:

a) a U-shaped conduit;

b) a flat nail plate extending outwardly from a back portion of said conduit, in which said flat nail plate having spaced apart nail slots will insure that nails can be driven through said nail slots and into the exterior wall of the building about a window and door thereof, so that the ends of said panels will engage with said U-shaped conduit of said J-shaped channel member, while said flat nail plate will underlie the ends of said panels; and

c) a pattern formed on a front surface of each said U-shaped conduit of said J-shaped channel members, so that when said J-shaped channel members are secured to the exterior walls of the building about the windows and doors by said flat nail plates, a simulated log cabin appearance will be created.

16. A vinyl siding system as recited in claim 15, wherein said pattern formed on said front surface of each said U-shaped conduit of said J-shaped channel members is selected from the group consisting of a low gloss wood grain texture and a low gloss hand hewn texture.

17. A vinyl siding system as recited in claim 16, wherein each said panel is selected from the group consisting of a round log eight inch type, a standard double 4 eight inch type, a standard double 5 ten inch type, a double 4 dutch lap eight inch type, a double 5 dutch lap ten inch type and a hewn log with chink design eight inch type.