Trim securement system

• US 6,272,797 B1
• Filed: 01/21/2000
• Issued: 08/14/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fred Finger
• Original Assignee: Fred Finger
• Inventors: Finger, Fred
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): VARNER, STEVE M
• Application Number:
  US09/489,995
• Time in Patent Office: 571 Days
• Field of Search: 52/94, 52/58, 52/59, 52/60, 52/96, 527/481
• US Class Current: 52/94
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/1585 covering the verge of saddle roofs gable tiles E04D1/30

Abstract

A trim securement system, for use on a building having a roof, siding, a rake board between the roof and the siding, and a rake-board J-channel located immediately below the rake board. A receiver molding is mounted between the rake board and roofing tiles. A trim device includes a front trim surface, upper and lower trim surfaces which extend perpendicularly rearward from the front trim surface, and a trim tab which extends perpendicularly upward from the lower trim surface. The trim device is mounted so that the front trim surface covers the rake board, the upper trim surface extends into the receiver molding, and the trim tab extends into the J-channel.

Claims

1. A trim securement method, for use on a building having a roof comprising roofing tiles, siding, a rake board between the roof and siding, and a rake-board J-channel located immediately below the rake board for securing the siding, using a trim device having a front trim surface sized to cover the rake board, upper and lower trim surfaces which extend perpendicularly rearward from the front trim surface, and a tab which extends perpendicularly upward from the lower trim surface, comprising the steps of:

inserting the tab into the rake-board J-channel;

extending the front trim surface over the rake board; and

inserting the upper trim surface above the rake board, between the rake board and roofing tiles.

2. The trim securement method as recited in claim 1, wherein the rake board has a rake board top and a rake board front, wherein the method as recited further employs a receiver molding having a vertical portion and a horizontal U-shaped portion, wherein the step of inserting the upper trim surface above the rake board further comprises inserting the upper trim surface into the horizontal U-shaped portion of the receiver molding.

3. The trim securement method as recited in claim 2, wherein the steps of inserting the upper trim surface is preceded by mounting the receiver molding to the rake board front near the rake board top such that the horizontal U-shaped portion extends between the rake board top and the roofing tiles.

4. The trim securement method as recited in claim 3, wherein the upper trim surface comprises a catch extending upward and forward therefrom, the horizontal U-shaped portion comprises a return located fully opposite from the vertical portion making a substantially one hundred eighty degree bend, and wherein the step of inserting the upper trim surface into the horizontal U-shaped portion of the receiver molding further comprises trapping the upper trim surface in the receiver molding by catching the catch by the return of the horizontal U-shaped portion.