Patent ID: 9617738
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: E04F

Claim:
1. An auxiliary securing support for attaching an exterior wall material to a building frame having a plurality of vertical frame members through a securing member, the auxiliary securing support comprising: a main body that has an elongated shape, that includes a continuous uninterrupted planar portion to which the securing member is fixable, and that is fixable to at least one of the vertical frame members; and at least two protrusions, each protrusion that protrudes in a direction crossing the continuous uninterrupted planar portion so as to come into contact with an upper side portion of the exterior wall material and that has a length such that the protrusion is not exposed on an external surface of the exterior wall material, wherein the continuous uninterrupted planar portion is located between the protrusions, wherein the main body includes a first flat portion that comes into contact with the vertical frame member, a second flat portion that includes the continuous uninterrupted planar portion and that is disposed parallel to the first flat portion, and a connection portion that connects the first and second flat portions in a stepped shape, wherein the connection portion is structured so that the second flat portion is located away from the first flat portion in a direction that is the same as a protruding direction of said at least two protrusions, and wherein said at least two protrusions are provided on the second flat portion.