Patent ID: 8091313
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: E04B,E04F

Abstract:
1. A siding panel for mounting on an exterior wall of a building comprising: a siding component having a top end and a bottom end, the bottom end comprising a locking flange with a plurality of apertures defined therein; and a foam panel backing including a main body portion having a rear face and a front face opposite the rear face mounted on the siding component, a pocketed end, and a top end opposite the pocketed end; wherein the rear face is mountable on the exterior wall and includes a plurality of drainage grooves over the entire rear face operable to remove water from a surface of the exterior wall; wherein the pocketed end has a front face contiguous with the front face of the main body portion and a rear face spaced from the rear face of the main body portion to form a step with a bottom edge of the rear face, both the bottom edge of the rear face and the rear face of the pocketed end including a plurality of exit grooves positioned along the pocketed end, the exit grooves each having an origin and a terminus, the origin of each exit groove contiguous and in fluid communication with at least one drainage groove defined in the rear face of the main body portion, the terminus of each exit groove located at a bottom edge of the rear face of the pocketed end and in fluid communication with the plurality of apertures of the locking flange to facilitate the removal of water away from a surface of the exterior wall; wherein the top end of the foam panel backing has a lip that extends over the top end of the siding component, and wherein the top end of the foam panel backing has a single smooth top surface; and wherein the plurality of drainage grooves comprises a network of grooves positioned in a square grid pattern oriented at an angle of forty-five degrees (45°) from vertical.