US 12,460,419 B2
Architectural siding and method of use
David M. Neill, Canfield, OH (US); and Tod Allen Newman, Girard, OH (US)
Assigned to R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc., Youngstown, OH (US)
Filed by R&L MARKETING & SALES, INC., Youngstown, OH (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/173,356.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/484,341, filed on Feb. 10, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0271426 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. E04F 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 13/0864 (2013.01) [E04F 13/0889 (2013.01); E04F 2201/0115 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A siding product comprising:
a body having a first end and a second end defining a lateral direction therebetween, a top and a bottom defining a vertical direction therebetween, and a front and a rear defining a transverse direction therebetween;
a front surface of the body and a rear surface of the body that is opposite front surface;
a downwardly opened first connector on the front surface of the body;
a channel formed in the front surface below the downwardly opened first connector, wherein the channel is elongated in the lateral direction between a first end of the channel and a second end of the channel;
an upwardly opened second connector at or near the bottom of the rear surface, wherein the upwardly opened second connector includes a projection that is elongated in the lateral direction between a first end of the projection and a second end of the projection;
wherein the projection on the upwardly opened second connector is configured to mate with the channel formed in the front surface of an identical second siding product when installed to form a siding assembly for a structure;
a tab defining the first end of the body, wherein the tab extends fully from the top to the bottom of the body;
a vertically aligned side lip extending rearward from the rear surface of the body adjacent the second end of the body, wherein the side lip defines a vertically aligned channel; and
wherein the tab is configured to mate with the vertically aligned channel formed in the rear surface of the identical second siding product when installed laterally end-to-end to form a row of a siding assembly for a structure.