Patent ID: 7516578

Claim:
An exterior siding mounting bracket secured to substructure and orientated substantially vertical and in-part generally projecting over siding that covers the substructure, the exterior siding mounting bracket comprising: a base member attached to the substructure and having at least one elongated wall projecting laterally outward from the substructure; a trim member having an outer flange with the siding disposed between the substructure and the outer flange, an elongated first side partition and an elongated second side partition spaced from the first side partition by a first distance, and wherein the first and second side partitions project laterally inward with respect to the substructure and from the outer flange for snap fitting to the at least one elongated wall; a water diversion device having a trough located above the first and second side partitions, supported by the outer flange and projecting laterally toward the substructure for receiving and diverting water run-off away from the substructure, at least one hole of the water diversion device extending through the outer flange for flowing water out of the trough.