Patent ID: 6609342
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
A sealing member arranged at a rear of a fastening fitting disposed at an upper, lower, left, and right joint portion of four siding boards of a left, right, upper, and lower four-sided shiplap structure, the sealing member comprising:a base plate portion fixed to an underlayment; left and right horizontally rising plate portions provided at left and right sides, respectively, of the base plate portion and erected forwardly of the base plate portion in a horizontal direction; and left and right inclined portions bent diagonally downwardly from a front end of each of the left and right horizontally rising plate portions, respectively, wherein the base plate portion has left and right forward protrusions that protrude forwardly of the base plate portion at an upward portion of each of the left and right horizontally rising plate portions, respectively, wherein a storage recess has a width substantially equal to a width of the fastening fitting and is formed between the left and right forward protrusions, and wherein left and right lateral elastic materials cover a portion of a top surface of each of the left and right horizontally rising plate portions, respectively, a portion of each of a top surface of the left and right inclined portions, respectively, and a portion of a front surface of each of the left and right forward protrusions. respectively.