Patent ID: 9309677
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: E04F

Claim Text:
1. A siding system comprising: a plurality of elongated stringers, each having a plurality of clips spaced at regular intervals along its length, adapted to be mounted upright in spaced, parallel relation on an upright wall and to be aligned so that their respective clips are in horizontal rows; and a siding panel having on a rear face more than four spaced, parallel, elongated connectors, each connector adapted to be engaged in the clips of one of the horizontal rows of clips so that the weight of the panel is supported by the clips through the respectively engaged connectors; wherein each clip defines a channel perpendicular to the length of the stringer and with a neck narrower than the channel, and each connector comprises a head on a rib narrower than the head, the connector head dimensioned to fit within the clip channel and to snap in and out of the channel through the neck, and the connector rib dimensioned to fit within the clip neck; and wherein each stringer comprises an elongate base member and each clip comprises a block, within which the channel is formed, mounted on the stringer base member by a stalk narrower than the body in a length direction of the stringer, forming spaces between the clip block and the stringer base member on either side of the clip stalk, and wherein the block is formed of resiliently flexible material, whereby upper and lower parts of the block can flex relative to the stalk of the clip into said spaces to permit the neck of the clip to open to permit the head of one of the connectors to snap into and out of the channel.