Patent ID: 8146307

Claim:
A trim assembly comprising: a trim member comprising a longitudinally extending front side opposite to a longitudinally extending back side, wherein the longitudinally extending back side comprises: a guide region comprising a longitudinally extending surface which is divided into a first longitudinally extending subsection and a second longitudinally extending subsection by a longitudinally extending groove; and a base region which extends rearward of the guide region, and which comprises a longitudinally extending step which is coterminous with and extends perpendicularly from the first longitudinally extending subsection of the guide region, and a longitudinally extending surface which is coterminous with and joined perpendicularly to the longitudinally extending step; and an adaptor region that is coterminous with the guide region and which comprises a longitudinally extending surface divided into a first longitudinally extending subsection of the adaptor region and a second longitudinally extending subsection of the adaptor region by a longitudinally extending protrusion; and a piece of siding, wherein the piece of siding comprises a longitudinally extending front face which terminates at a first terminal lateral edge and at an oppositely situated second terminal lateral edge; wherein the first terminal lateral edge of the front face of the piece of siding is aligned with the longitudinally extending groove of the guide region such that the front face of the piece of siding is aligned with the second longitudinally extending subsection.