US 12,421,730 B2
Attachment clip for building surface panels and building surface panel system
Eishaan Gakhar, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to CertainTeed LLC, Malvern, PA (US)
Filed by CertainTeed LLC, Malvern, PA (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/959,358.
Application 17/959,358 is a continuation of application No. 17/085,371, filed on Oct. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,459,768.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/025,010, filed on May 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,551, filed on Dec. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/928,983, filed on Oct. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0115423 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E04F 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 13/0801 (2013.01) [E04F 13/0846 (2013.01); E04F 13/0894 (2013.01); E04F 13/0821 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An attachment clip configured to attach an article to a structure, the article having a length extending in a first direction from a first end thereof to a second end thereof, the article having a front face, a rear face, and a first edge that extends in the first direction and includes a groove that extends in the first direction along the first edge, the attachment clip comprising:
a clip body,
a first arm extending laterally from the clip body, configured to extend laterally from the clip body in the first direction,
an attachment surface coupled to the clip body and configured to be secured to the structure, and
a retaining fastener coupled to the clip body and configured to engage the edge of the article, the retaining fastener including a ridge disposed on the first arm that is configured to engage the groove of the first edge of the article.