Patent ID: 7584587
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for aiding in the installation and sealing of successive layers of partially overlapping rows of horizontally oriented elongated siding members on a sidewall construction, comprising: a planar body comprising a first face and an opposing second face delimited by opposing third and fourth peripheral edges; at least two distinct first channel structures each forming a first u-shaped recess for receiving and retaining a bottom edge of a first or second abutting siding member when said apparatus is in use, said first channel structures extending in a first direction transverse to said first face adjacent to said fourth peripheral edge; a second channel structure provided for hanging said apparatus from a top edge of a third siding member when said apparatus is in use, said second channel structure defining a second u-shaped recess sized and shaped for receiving said top edge therein, and extending transverse to said second face in a second direction opposed from said first direction, said second channel parallel to said first channel structures and located a predetermined distance between said third and fourth peripheral edges of said planar body; and a resilient strip provided for maintaining a moisture impervious seal between said first and second abutting siding members when said apparatus is in use, said resilient strip disposed on said first face so as to extend from said third peripheral edge to said fourth peripheral edge.