| 摘要 |
The present invention a siding panel made from injection molded materials and having positioning relief to facilitate installation. The siding panel includes a plurality of decorative elements with formed with a top edge disposed above a row of decorative elements. Apertures are formed in the panel below the tap edge and on the rear side of the siding panel. The panel includes a plurality of tabs, each narrower than the apertures to provide the positioning relief, which depend downward from the rear side, with the tabs being spaced in intervals corresponding to the apertures. The decorative elements are arranged in upper and lower rows which are offset to define relatively discontinuous side edges. The panel is formed from polypropylene, and the decorative elements comprise a simulated wood grain finish to be used as cedar shake shingles. The tab is about one half the width of each aperture, with the apertures being disposed through the siding panel at an angle extending downward. The panel also includes a second pair of tabs disposed on the rear of each of said upper and lower rows of decorative elements on the side edge to define a pair of discontinuous grooves. A pair of tongues extends from the other side edge, with the grooves structured and arranged for receiving tongues of a horizontally adjacent panel, with the tongues being longer than the second pair of tabs and the tongues and tabs having complimentary interlocking channels. The method of installing a wall covering formed of plurality of horizontal courses of siding panels involves installing first and second panels such that said first panel and said second panel are disposed relatively diagonally so said first panel is lower and laterally offset from said second panel. The third panel is installed by either: (A) inserting the tabs on the rear of the third panel into apertures of the lower panel and shifting the third panel horizontally to engage grooves of the third panel with tongues of a second laterally adjacent panel; or (B) initiating engagement of grooves of the third panel with tongues of a second laterally adjacent panel and concurrently inserting tabs on the rear of the third panel into apertures of the lower panel, while concurrently completing engagement of grooves of the third panel with tongues of the laterally adjacent panel.
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