Patent ID: 8033064

Claim:
A polymer building product for securement to the exterior of a building, the building product comprising: a base portion securable to a substrate; a top portion slidingly telescopingly receivable over the base portion; engaging means disposed on one or both of the base and top portions for securing the base and top portions together; wherein the building product is characterized by a first, unsecured condition in which the top portion is slidingly received over the base portion in a first rotational orientation relative to the base portion and the top and base portions are freely slidingly separable, and a second, secured condition in which the top portion is slidingly received over the base portion in a second rotational orientation relative to the base portion and the top and base portions are secured together; wherein one or both of the base and top portions provides clearance between the engaging means disposed on the other of the base or top portions when the base and top portions are mated in the first rotational orientation, whereby the engaging means do not contact the other of the base or top portions, and wherein the engaging means cooperate with the other of the base or top portions in the second rotational orientation to secure the base and top portions together; and wherein the top portion is oriented in each of the first and second rotational orientations thereof before the top portion is slidingly received over the base portion.