Patent ID: 8387323

Claim:
An artificial stone product comprising: a stone body cast of a cement aggregate having an outer visible surface area shaped and colored to resemble a real stone and having a substantially flat inner surface; a mounting support, wherein the mounting support includes a substantially flat mounting portion that extends only from an upper edge of the stone body and an anchor portion that is embedded within the stone body to secure the mounting support to the stone body and that has a width that is substantially equal to the width of the stone body, wherein the mounting portion of the mounting support extends from the stone body a distance that is at least equal to the distance between a bottom edge of the stone body and a top edge of the stone body, wherein the mounting portion and anchor portion are angled relative to each other, and wherein the mounting support comprises one continuous piece of material, and wherein the mounting portion of the mounting support defines at least two apertures for receiving fasteners for attaching the artificial stone siding product to a surface of a structure and wherein, when the artificial stone product is attached to the surface of the structure, the mounting portion is configured to lie substantially flat on the surface of the structure upon which the artificial stone product is mounted and the mounting portion receives a substantially flat inner surface of a stone body of a second artificial stone product installed above a first artificial stone product.