Fastening sealing member and siding boards attachment structure

US 6,499,261 B2
Fastening sealing member and siding boards attachment structure
Satoshi Hikai, Aichi (Japan)
Assigned to Nichiha Co., Ltd., Nagoya (Japan)
Filed on 23-Jan-2002, as Appl. No. Nichiha Co., Ltd., Nagoya (Japan)
Int. Cl.7E04H 1/00

US 6,499,261 B2 Fastening sealing member and siding boards attachment structure Satoshi Hikai, Aichi (Japan) Assigned to Nichiha Co., Ltd., Nagoya (Japan) Filed on Jan. 23, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/52,257. Claims priority of application No. 2001-016242 (JP), filed on Jan. 24, 2001. Prior Publication US 2002/0095889 A1, Jul. 25, 2002 Int. Cl.7E04H 1/00 U.S. Cl. 528212;235 15 Claims 1. A fastening sealing member disposed at upper left, lower left, upper right, and lower right joint portions of four siding boards and configured to fasten the siding boards to a building framework, comprising: a base plate portion having a flat rear side surface, spacing portions formed at both left and right ends of the base plate portion, each of which has a front face which is forward from the base plate portion, a central horizontally rising plate portion projecting forwardly in the horizontal direction from the base plate portion, a central front plate portion formed in the vertical direction at a front end of the central horizontally rising plate portion, supporting portions projecting forwardly in the horizontal direction from the base plate portion at left and right sides of the central horizontally rising plate portion, an upper-board engagement portion bent upwardly from a front end of the supporting portion, a lower-board engagement portion bent downwardly from the front end of the supporting portion, and a connecting portion provided in the vertical direction between a tip end of the upper-board engagement portion and a tip end of the lower-board engagement portion, wherein the central front plate portion is disposed more backward than the connecting portion, and elastic materials extending to at least an upper end of the central front plate portion are arranged on top faces of the left and right ends of the central horizontally rising plate portion.