Patent ID: 7980038

Claim:
A siding panel assembly securable to a wall comprising: a siding panel having a securement flange extending along an edge thereof and having a plurality of elongate slots formed in said securement flange in spaced alignment; a fastener guide support member having a plurality of fastener guide receiving apertures formed therein, said fastener guide receiving apertures having centers spaced apart a distance corresponding to the distance between centers of selected elongate slots in said securement flange; a plurality of fastener guides, each fastener guide extending through a selected elongate slot in said securement flange and a selected fastener guide receiving aperture in said fastener guide support member; said fastener guides sized relative to said elongate slots in said securement flange to permit said siding panel to slide laterally relative to said fastener guides; each fastener guide having a bore through which a fastener may be driven to secure said siding panel assembly to a wall.