Patent ID: 8015756

Claim:
An exterior siding mounting bracket for being secured to a substructure and for being orientated substantially vertical and in part generally projecting over siding that covers the substructure, the exterior siding mounting bracket comprising: a base member for attachment to the substructure and having at least one elongated wall for projecting outward from the substructure; a trim member having an outer flange for receiving the siding between the substructure and the outer flange and having an elongated side partition projecting from the outer flange inward toward the base for snap fitting to the at least one elongated wall; and a water diversion device having a trough located above the partition, the trough being supported by the outer flange and projecting toward the base member for receiving and diverting water run-off away from the substructure; the trough having a resiliently flexible and longitudinally extending lip biased sealably against the base member for diverting water into the trough.