Patent ID: 7676993

Claim:
An exterior siding mounting bracket assembly secured to a substantially vertical substructure of a sided exterior wall and orientated substantially vertical and in-part generally projecting over siding that covers the substructure, the exterior siding mounting bracket assembly comprising: a water diversion fitting engaged to the substructure, the water diversion fitting having a lower drip edge orientated outward from the siding and an upper flashing segment; a base member attached to the substructure and having a mounting flange disposed at least in-part beneath the siding and a lower edge disposed over the upper flashing segment with the upper flashing segment adjacent to and extending beneath the base member between the lower edge of the base member and the substrate when the assembly is in an assembled state; and a trim member fitted to the base member and having an outer flange disposed over at least a portion of the siding and spaced outward from the mounting flange.