Patent ID: 9388565
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: E04B,E04D,E04F

Claim Text:
1. A wall or roof covering for mounting to a support surface, comprising: a plurality of panels securable to the support surface, each of the panels having a front surface comprising a covering section with simulated building elements, an opposed rear surface facing the support surface when secured thereto, a first marginal edge region and an opposed second marginal edge region, the first marginal edge region having an elongated receiving groove opened one of substantially upwardly and substantially downwardly defined between a flange of the first marginal edge region and a first section of the covering section, the second marginal edge region being at least partially insertable in the elongated receiving groove of a vertically-adjacent panel and being at least partially covered by the first section of the covering section of the vertically-adjacent panel when inserted in the elongated receiving groove with the first section of the covering section of the vertically-adjacent panel being uncovered, wherein the covering sections of vertically adjacent panels abut; each one of the panels further comprising two side marginal edge regions extending between the first marginal edge region and the second marginal edge region, a side receiving groove extending in a first one of the side marginal edge regions from the first marginal edge region to the second marginal edge region and being defined between a first side flange and a first side section of the covering section with the covering section being aligned with or extending past the first side flange along a vertically-extending side edge of the panel, the first one of the side marginal edge regions having a staircase configuration with the side receiving groove comprising a plurality of sections opened laterally and upwardly; and a second one of the side marginal edge regions comprising a second flange extending from the first marginal edge region to the second marginal edge region and being entirely insertable in the side receiving groove of a horizontally-adjacent panel in a manner such that a second side section of the covering section, adjacent to the second flange, abuts the first side section of the covering section of the horizontally adjacent panel and the second flange is entirely covered by the first side section of the covering section of the horizontally adjacent panel, the second one of the side marginal edge regions having a complementary reverse staircase configuration with the flange comprising a plurality of vertically oriented sections and a plurality of horizontally oriented sections extending between the vertically oriented sections.