Patent ID: 8316586

Claim:
Archable flashing comprising: an elongate, planar cap having an inside edge and being formed of a relatively rigid material; an elongate flange having an outside edge bonded to the inside edge of the elongated cap and a distal edge, the flange being formed of a relatively flexible material; an elongate nailing strip having an edge bonded at a junction to the distal edge of the flange and being formed of a relatively rigid material; the elongate nailing strip being subdivided by a plurality of spaced apart transverse slits into a plurality of substantially coextensive abutting segments; a plurality of strain relief holes formed through the elongate flange below the junction of the elongate flange and the nailing strip; at least some of the spaced apart transverse slits terminating at a corresponding strain relief hole below the junction of the flange and the nailing strip; the strain relief holes stretching when the segments of the nailing strip are spread apart to prevent the spreading segments from tearing the adjacent portions of the flange; the flashing being bendable along the flange into a configuration having a generally L-shaped cross-section and archable along the length of the flashing to conform to an outer periphery of a molding surrounding a window or a door.