Patent ID: 6684587
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
A corner piece for covering a corner of a structure defined by two mating walls of said structure and for use in conjunction with siding panels containing multiple shingle impression courses fastened to said mating walls, each of said mating walls having an exterior face defined in the horizontal X-vertical Y plane, with a thickness of said wall being defined in the Z direction perpendicular to the X-Y plane, said corner piece comprising:a first group of vertically stacked shingle impressions and a second group of vertically stacked shingle impressions, each shingle impression in said first and second groups including an exterior face and an interior face and a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge opposite said first lateral edge, said first group and second group meeting at a common corner defined by said first lateral edges, said second lateral edges of an adjacent pair of said vertically stacked shingle impressions in at least one of said groups being offset from each other in the X direction when said corner piece is secured to the corner of said structure, wherein said shingle impressions of said at least one group overlap at least a portion of said siding panels when said siding panels and said corner piece are fastened to said structure, whereby said shingle impressions and said multiple shingle impression courses of said siding panels cooperate to give the appearance that said corner piece substantially blends into said siding panels.