Patent ID: 8677718

Claim:
A building surface system in combination with a building having an exterior portion including a plurality of main structural members spanning parallel and spaced apart from one another and a supporting surface spanning an outer side of the main structural members, the building surface system comprising: a plurality of wooden structural members of dimensional lumber; a plurality of mounting clips comprising: a base portion including at least one mounting flange fastened to a respective one of the main structural members through the supporting surface of the exterior portion of the building such that the mounting clips are supported in an array in which the clips are spaced apart longitudinally in rows such that each row is mounted along a respective main structural member of the exterior portion of the building and such that the rows are parallel and spaced apart laterally relative to one another; and a channel portion supported on the base portion and matingly receiving a portion of a respective wooden structural member therein such that the wooden structural members are parallel and spaced apart from one another in a substantially common plane spanning the supporting surface of the exterior portion of the building.