US 12,031,334 B2
Building surface panel with reinforced nail slot, and method of manufacture
Christopher Michael Colyn, Grandville, MI (US); Neil J. Sexton, Jackson, MI (US); and Jay M. Tudor, Goodrich, MI (US)
Assigned to CertainTeed LLC, Malvern, PA (US)
Filed by CertainTeed LLC, Malvern, PA (US)
Filed on May 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/752,268.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/192,651, filed on May 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0381040 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. E04F 13/08 (2006.01); B29C 48/00 (2019.01); E04F 13/18 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 13/0833 (2013.01) [E04F 13/0864 (2013.01); E04F 13/0894 (2013.01); E04F 13/18 (2013.01); B29C 48/0022 (2019.02); B29C 2793/009 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A building surface panel comprising:
a longitudinal panel body extending along a length from a first end to a second end and having a first edge and a second edge; and
a fastening element including:
a longitudinal strip extending along the first edge of the panel body,
a first aperture passing through the longitudinal strip, the first aperture being an elongated slot extending along a length of the longitudinal strip, and
a first reinforcing projection extending outward from a perimeter edge of the first aperture, wherein the first reinforcing projection is a flap connected to the longitudinal strip along a fold at an upper portion of a perimeter edge of the first aperture, the fold positioning the first reinforcing projection substantially parallel to the longitudinal strip, wherein the first reinforcing projection is a single, continuous reinforcing projection defined along at least an upper portion of the perimeter edge of the first aperture,
wherein the first aperture and first reinforcing projection are formed by cutting an opening through a material of the longitudinal strip and pushing a section of the material that is adjacent to the opening outward from the rest of the material so as to form the first aperture and the first reinforcing projection formed by the section of the material.