摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a covering material which forms the exterior of a building or structure and is improved, especially, in wind pressure resistance.SOLUTION: A covering material A has a male-female connection structure at an upper end and a lower end of a decorative surface (a). A male connection part 4 comprises an engagement groove 14 having a lower end hollowed upward, a tilt piece 11 forming an indoor-side face of the engagement groove 14 so that a lower end tilts to an indoor side, an insert piece 12 drooping the lower end of the tilt piece 11 downward, and a fall-preventive piece 13 projecting a tip of the insert piece 12 obliquely upward on the outdoor side, and a female connection part 4 comprises an engagement groove 22 having an upper end hollowed downward, a tilt surface 17 forming an outdoor-side face of the engagement groove 22 so that a lower end tilts to the indoor side, and a fall-preventive groove 19 hollowed to the outdoor side halfway on the tilt surface 17. |