Patent ID: 9593490
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: E04F

Claim:
1. A stringer for a siding system, the stringer comprising: a base member elongate in a length direction and having a width direction and a depth direction perpendicular to each other and to the length direction; and clips regularly spaced along the length of the elongate member, each clip projecting from the elongate member in the depth direction and defining a channel extending in the width direction, the channel open away from the elongate member in the depth direction through a neck narrower than the channel and extending in the width direction; wherein each clip is so constructed as to permit an elongated connector extending in the width direction to snap into the channel through the neck, and to support the connector against forces in the length direction while the connector is received in the channel; and wherein each clip comprises a body, 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 body and the stringer base member on either side of the clip stalk, and wherein the block is formed of resiliently flexible material, whereby parts of the body separated in the length direction by the channel 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 a correspondingly dimensioned connector to snap into and out of the channel.