Patent ID: 7441383

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; said siding panel assembly further comprising a fastener guide member comprising an elongated strip having a plurality of fastener guides on said elongated strip in spaced alignment, said fastener guides having centers spaced apart a distance corresponding to the distance between centers of said elongate slots in said securement flange; wherein said siding panel further includes means formed on said siding panel for slidably holding said fastener guide member adjacent said securement flange of said siding panel such that said fastener guides are positionable in overlapping relationship with respective elongate slots; and wherein said fastener guides are sized and spaced apart a distance to maintain fasteners driven through said centers of adjacent fastener guides in a spacing corresponding to the distance between centers of adjacent elongate slots in said securement flange, wherein said means for slidably holding said fastener guide member adjacent said securement flange comprises a lip formed in said securement flange for receiving at least a portion of said fastener guide member.