Patent ID: 6682814
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
A siding assembly for an exterior wall surface of a building made of a plurality of siding units, said building having a support structure, each of said units comprising:(a) a siding profile made of a composite material including a thermoplastic polymer and a wood fiber, said composite material having a Young's modulus of at least 600,000 psi and a coefficient of thermal expansion of about 1.3Ã—10âˆ’5 in/in/degree F. to about 3Ã—10âˆ’5 in/in/degree F.; (b) an installation flange; and (c) said units adapted to be affixed to a building with similar units in overlapping horizontal courses with the units of each course lying in overlapping relation.