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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2011
Brent A. Dilonardo, Liberty, MO (US);
Eric B. Dickey, Overland Park, KS (US);
John M. Wade, Pleasant Hill, MO (US);
L. Rex Baxter, Excelsior Springs, MO (US);
Brent A. DiLonardo, Liberty, MO (US);
Eric B. Dickey, Overland Park, KS (US);
John M. Wade, Pleasant Hill, MO (US);
L. Rex Baxter, Excelsior Springs, MO (US);
Ply Gem Industries, Inc., Cary, NC (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an interlocking siding panel system for securing to the side of a structure with planar surfaces. When the panel is secured to the structure through the nail strip a full contact strip opposite the nail strip lays flat against the structure causing the panel portion below an point of inflection in the panel to raise up off of the structure creating a gap to facilitate movement of moisture past a locking leg that integrates with the panel below.