US 11,692,357 B2
Siding panel with improved locking mechanism and method of manufacture
Christopher Michael Colyn, Grandville, MI (US)
Assigned to CERTAINTEED LLC, Malvern, PA (US)
Filed by CertainTeed LLC, Malvern, PA (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/385,722.
Application 17/385,722 is a continuation of application No. 16/231,572, filed on Dec. 23, 2018, granted, now 11,072,930.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/611,231, filed on Dec. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0042318 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E04F 13/08 (2006.01); E04C 2/296 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 13/0864 (2013.01) [E04C 2/296 (2013.01); E04F 13/0825 (2013.01); E04F 13/0876 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A siding panel having a front face, a rear face, a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side, and a second side, the siding panel comprising:
a folded layer of material along the top edge, the folded layer of material forming a folded nail hem at the top edge and a first locking mechanism disposed on the front face, the first locking mechanism including a curved channel portion; and
a second locking mechanism disposed at the bottom edge of the siding panel, the second locking mechanism including a U-shaped portion formed by part of the front face, the bottom edge, and an upwardly extending portion opposite the front face, the upwardly extending portion including a curved section,
wherein the first locking mechanism of the siding panel is configured to interlock with a second locking mechanism of a second siding panel having the same configuration as the siding panel such that an entire interior surface of the curved channel portion of the first locking mechanism is spaced from the curved section of the upwardly extending portion of the second locking mechanism of the second siding panel.