Building siding panels and assemblies
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1. An elongated siding panel to be attached to a building substrate, comprising:
- an elongated body having an inner face and an outer face, an upper end, and a lower end, said body having a vertically oriented hem attaching portion near said upper end, said hem attaching portion having a plurality of horizontally spaced-apart slot pairs, each said slot pair having an upper slot and a lower slot that are vertically aligned and spaced apart in relation to each other, said upper and lower slots extending through the body to allow a fastener to be driven therethrough;
a C-shaped portion at the upper end of the body extending above said hem attaching portion, said C-shaped portion having a vertically oriented flat edge that is generally parallel to the hem attaching portion.
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Abstract
A building siding panel and assembly each assembly having a plurality of interconnecting siding panels that are attached to the building using fasteners that are driven into the building through a plurality of aligned and spaced apart slot pairs in a uniform manner that reduces the distortion that accompanies thermal expansion and/or contraction of the siding material.
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10 Claims
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1. An elongated siding panel to be attached to a building substrate, comprising:
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an elongated body having an inner face and an outer face, an upper end, and a lower end, said body having a vertically oriented hem attaching portion near said upper end, said hem attaching portion having a plurality of horizontally spaced-apart slot pairs, each said slot pair having an upper slot and a lower slot that are vertically aligned and spaced apart in relation to each other, said upper and lower slots extending through the body to allow a fastener to be driven therethrough; a C-shaped portion at the upper end of the body extending above said hem attaching portion, said C-shaped portion having a vertically oriented flat edge that is generally parallel to the hem attaching portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A siding panel assembly to be attached to a building substrate, comprising:
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a plurality of elongated panels, each panel having an elongated body having an inner face and an outer face, said body having a vertically oriented hem attaching portion near an upper end of the body, said hem attaching portion having a plurality of horizontally spaced-apart slot pairs, each said slot pair having an upper slot and a lower slot that are vertically aligned and spaced apart in relation to each other, said upper and lower slots extending through the body to allow a fastener to be driven therethrough; fastener means for driving a fastener through a plurality of said slots; each panel further comprising a flange portion at a lower end of the body, said flange portion having a lip section upwardly extending therefrom, and a generally U-shaped tongue portion extending outwardly from said body, the flange and extending lip portion near the lower edge of the body of the panel adapted to engage in interlocking fashion the generally U-shaped tongue portion from an adjacent panel. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. An elongated siding panel in combination with a building substrate, comprising:
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an elongated body having an inner face which faces said substrate, an outer face which faces away from the substrate, an upper end, and a lower end, said body having a vertically oriented hem attaching portion near said upper end, said hem attaching portion being generally parallel to the substrate and having a plurality of horizontally spaced-apart slot pairs, each said slot pair having an upper slot and a lower slot that are vertically aligned and spaced apart in relation to each other, said upper and lower slots extending through the body to allow a fastener to be driven therethrough and into the substrate; and fastener means driven through a plurality of said upper or lower slots and into the substrate, each said fastener means comprising at least one leg and an upper head portion, such that a portion of each leg of the fastener means is embedded within said substrate and spacing is left between each upper head portion of said fastener means and the outer face of the body. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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