Trim accessory having ventilation apertures hidden from view when mounted on building

• US 7,487,623 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2004
• Issued: 02/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CertainTeed Corp. (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Original Assignee: CertainTeed Corp. (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Inventors: Rodolofo, Saul Le-Garcia, Gilbert, Thomas Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): Chilcot, Jr.; Richard E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SPAHN, GAY
• Application Number:
  US10/758,154
• Publication Number:
  US 20050166529A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,854 Days
• Field of Search: 52/94, 52/95, 522/871, 522/881, 521/98, 527/161, 527/180.4, 527/170.5, 527/170.6
• US Class Current: 52/716.1
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/152 with ventilating means in soffits or fascias; on the eaves of the roof E04D13/178
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/158 covering the overhang at the eave side, e.g. soffits, or the verge of saddle roofs
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/178 on the eaves of the roof

Abstract

A trim accessory includes a soffit receiver component, a siding accessory receiver component and vent apertures. The siding accessory receiver component is integral with the soffit receiver component. The vent apertures are capable of being substantially hidden from view at least when the trim accessory is installed on a building and a soffit and siding accessory are received into the corresponding soffit receiver component and siding accessory receiver component.

Claims

1. A trim accessory comprising:

a soffit receiver component having first and second side walls and a first connecting wall;

a siding accessory receiver component integral with said soffit receiver component and having first and second side walls and a connecting wall distinct from the side walls and connecting wall of the soffit receiver component,

one of said side walls of the soffit receiver component or said side walls of the siding accessory receiver component having an attachment portion that is shaped and positioned to be attached to a building, the attachment portion having attachment apertures, and

an additional channel portion of said trim accessory, connected between said soffit receiver component and said siding accessory receiver component, the additional channel portion having first and second side walls connected to each other by a connecting wall, the side walls and connecting wall of the additional channel portion distinct from said side walls and connecting wall of said soffit receiver component and distinct from said side walls and connecting wall of said siding accessory receiver component, so the soffit receiver component and said siding accessory receiver component are separated from each other by the additional channel portion, one of the side walls of the additional channel portion being connected to one of the side walls of the soffit receiver component, one of the side walls of the additional channel portion having a first plurality of vent apertures disposed therethrough, said vent apertures located in a separate plane from a plane in which the attachment apertures are located.

2. The trim accessory of claim 1, wherein the trim accessory is comprised of polyvinylchloride.

3. The trim accessory of claim 1, further comprising a crown molding or cove molding located intermediate said soffit receiver component and said siding accessory receiver component, the crown molding or cove molding being formed from the same piece of material as said soffit receiver component and said siding accessory receiver component.

4. The trim accessory of claim 1, wherein the first side wall of said soffit receiver component includes an attachment portion, the second side wall of said soffit receiver component includes a bottom portion the first side wall of said siding accessory receiver component includes a back portion, and the second side wall of said siding accessory receiver component includes a front portion.

5. The trim accessory of claim 4, wherein at least one of said bottom portion or said connecting wall of said soffit receiver component or said front portion or said connecting wall of said siding accessory receiver component includes an additional plurality of vent apertures.

6. The trim accessory of claim 5, wherein the additional plurality of vent apertures are located in two different planes separate from the respective planes in which the attachment apertures and first plurality of vent apertures are located.

7. The trim accessory of claim 1, further comprising a bend connecting said additional channel portion of said trim accessory to said soffit receiver component.

8. The trim accessory of claim 7, wherein an end of said additional channel portion of said trim accessory is directly connected to a first end of an ornamental component, and the siding accessory receiver component is directly connected to a second end of the ornamental component.

9. The trim accessory of claim 1, wherein a first end of said additional channel portion is directly connected to said soffit receiver component and wherein a second end of said additional channel portion is directly connected to said siding accessory receiver component.

10. A trim accessory comprising:

a soffit receiver component including a first wall having an attachment portion, a bottom wall, and a connecting wall, said first wall, bottom wall and connecting wall defining a soffit receiving channel, and

a siding accessory receiver component integral with said soffit receiver component and having a back wall a front wall and a connecting wall, said back wall, front wall and connecting wall defining a siding accessory receiving channel, and

a vent component connected between said soffit receiver component and said siding accessory receiver component, the vent component having three walls distinct from the walls of said soffit receiver component and distinct from the walls of said siding accessory receiver component, so the soffit receiver component and said siding accessory receiver component are separated from each other by the vent component, the vent component having a first plurality of vent apertures disposed therethrough, and

wherein the connecting wall and front wall of the siding accessory receiver component include a second plurality of vent apertures.

11. The trim accessory of claim 10, wherein a first end of said vent component is directly connected to said soffit receiver Component and wherein a second end of said vent component is directly connected to said siding accessory receiver component.

12. The trim accessory of claim 10, further comprising an ornamental component located intermediate said soffit receiver component and siding accessory receiver component, separating the vent component from the siding accessory receiver component.

13. The trim accessory of claim 10, wherein the trim accessory is a one-piece plastic extruded article.

14. A trim accessory comprising:

a soffit receiver component having a first wall with an attachment portion, a bottom wall and a connecting wall, said first wall bottom wall and connecting wall defining a soffit receiving channel,

a siding accessory receiver component integral with said soffit receiver component and having a back wall, a front wall and a connecting wall, said back wall, front wall and connecting wall defining a siding accessory receiving channel,

a multiple-walled vent component connected to the soffit receiver component and located intermediate said soffit receiver component and said siding accessory receiver component, wherein said vent component includes vent apertures, said vent component contacting the soffit receiver component at a single connecting edge; and

a multiple-walled ornamental component distinct from the vent component and located intermediate said soffit receiver component and siding accessory receiver component, wherein said ornamental component has only a first end directly connected to the vent component and only a second end directly connected to the siding accessory receiver component, the second end opposite the first end.

15. The trim accessory of claim 14, wherein the ornamental component is a crown molding or a cove molding

16. A trim accessory comprising:

a soffit receiver component having a first wall with an attachment portion, a bottom wall and a connecting wall, said first wall bottom wall and connecting wall defining a soffit receiving channel, and

a vent component including first and second parallel walls and a connecting wall that connects the first and second parallel walls, the first parallel wall connected to the bottom wall of the soffit receiver component, the vent component having a first plurality of vent apertures through one of the first and second parallel walls;

a cove molding or a crown molding directly connected to one of the first and second parallel walls of the vent component having the first plurality of vent apertures, with the first plurality of vent apertures facing a back surface of the cove molding or the crown molding;

a siding accessory receiver component directly connected to the cove molding or the crown molding, the siding accessory receiver component having a back wall, a front wall and a connecting wall, said back wall, front wall and connecting wall defining a siding accessory receiving channel,

wherein at least one of said bottom wall or said connecting wall of said soffit receiver component or said front wall or said connecting wall of said siding accessory receiver component includes a second plurality of vent apertures,

wherein the trim accessory is a one-piece plastic post-formed extruded article.

17. A trim accessory, comprising:

a soffit receiving channel having three walls, and located at a first end of the trim accessory;

a siding accessory receiving channel having three walls distinct from the walls of the soffit receiving channel, the siding accessory receiving channel located at a second end of the trim accessory opposite the first end;

a crown molding or a cove molding directly connected to said siding accessory receiver channel;

a vent channel having three walls distinct from the walls of the soffit receiving channel and distinct from the walls of the siding accessory receiving channel, the vent channel having a first plurality of vent apertures through one of the walls thereof, the vent channel connected between the soffit receiving channel and the crown molding or the cove molding, the vent channel connected to one of the walls of the soffit receiving channel by a first bend and to the crown molding or the cove molding by a second bend;

wherein the soffit receiving channel, the siding accessory receiving channel, the crown mold or the cove molding, and the vent channel are formed from a single piece of material.

18. The trim accessory of claim 17, wherein the first plurality of vent apertures of the vent channel are located in one of the walls thereof that is directly connected to the crown molding or the cove molding.

19. The trim accessory of claim 17, wherein the siding accessory receiver channel includes a second plurality of vent apertures in one of the walls thereof that is directly connected to the crown molding or the cove molding.