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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2006
David Herbert Beck, Jackson, MI (US);
David Herbert Beck, Jackson, MI (US);
Certainteed Corporation, Valley Forge, PA (US);
Abstract
A generally rectangular siding panel having a front and rear faces is provided. The siding panel has at least one protrusion disposed along at least one of the faces, wherein the at least one protrusion provides an air gap between the siding panel and a face of a second siding panel when the siding panels are installed in a siding panel assembly. A generally rectangular siding panel having a front and rear faces is also provider where the siding panel has at least one recess or cut spaced along at least one of the faces, wherein the at least one recess or cut provides an air flow path between the siding panel and a face of a second siding panel when the siding panels are installed in a siding panel assembly.