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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1981
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerald Kessler, Youngstown, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
523098 ; 52518 ; 428170 ; 428159 ; 428167 ;
Abstract
A high stiffness siding for use on the exterior surfaces of buildings, particularly houses, in an overlapping pattern, is formed of unitary structural foam plastic, preferably polyvinyl chloride, with integral reinforcing ribs on its internal surface. The thickness of the siding is about 55-85 mils, with the ribs being about 25-65 mils thick; the density of the foam is about 0.85 to 1.15, except in the vicinity of the ribs, the ribs having a density of about 0.75.