Patent ID: 7581364
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. An attachment clip for attaching siding to a wall, the siding being formed as individual strips and having an attachment aperture at an upper siding edge, comprising: a) a nail attachment portion including a body having a back surface and at least one part extending in a plane configured to come into contact with the wall and further having at least a predetermined thickness and a central nail attachment aperture; b) a siding engagement portion including a tongue, including a distal tongue end configured and oriented for engagement with the siding attachment aperture, the distal tongue end extending essentially perpendicularly to the plane of the body; and c) a connecting portion for connecting the nail attachment portion to the siding engagement portion, the connecting portion having at least one part extending away from the plane of the body at a first end and being connected to the siding engagement portion at a second end, the second end being removed from the distal tongue end, wherein the distal tongue end extends essentially perpendicularly from the second end of the connecting portion toward the plane of the body, and the attachment clip is shaped and configured, following attachment, to retain only one strip of siding by attaching only the upper edge of each strip of siding, including the attachment aperture, against the wall, and wherein the tongue extends to a position beyond the plane defined by the back surface of the body to provide flexure of the connecting portion such that it will continue to exert a transverse force on the tongue to retain a terminal end thereof against the wall after the nail attachment portion is flush with the wall.