Patent ID: 6615560
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: E04F,F16B

Abstract:
An siding boards attachment structure, comprising:siding boards each having opposite right and left sides and opposite upper and lower sides, each of the siding boards being provided at the opposite right and left sides with a lateral underlying tongue portion and a lateral overlying tongue portion, respectively, the lateral underlying tongue portion protruding along a vertical direction from a left side to a right side in a back surface side of one of the siding boards, a notched recess notched along the vertical direction from a right side to a left side in front of the lateral underlying tongue portion, and the lateral overlying tongue portion protruding along the vertical direction from a right side to a left side in a front surface side of one of the siding boards; at least one underlayment to which the siding boards are attached; securing metal fittings disposed at the opposite upper and lower sides of the siding boards in order to fix the siding boards; at least one sealing member disposed between left and right adjacent ones of the siding boards and disposed continuously with the siding boards attachment structure over the underlayment in the vertical direction, the sealing member including: a base plate portion secured to the underlayment; a rising plate portion bent forward from the base plate portion and abutting against a side surface of the lateral underlying tongue portion of one of the siding boards; a front plate portion bent from a front end of the rising plate portion in an opposite direction from the base plate portion and engaging with a front surface of the lateral underlying tongue portion of one of the siding boards; a front resilient material provided on a front surface of the front plate portion, wherein the front resilient material is in tight contact with both a front inner surface of the notched recess of the siding boards and a back surface of the lateral overlying tongue portion of the siding boards; and a rear resilient material disposed on a front surface of the base plate portion, wherein the rear resilient material is in tight contact with back surfaces of the siding boards.