Method and A Device to Attach Building Trims
This disclosure relates to building materials, in particular to attachment of insulating board and trims on building surfaces. Various embodiments of attachment clips to attach the trims on their place without nails or screws through the trim are provided. This disclosure provides an economical, fast, easy, and esthetic method to attach building trims.
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This application claims is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/851,037, filed on Sep. 11, 2015, which is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/047,407, filed on Oct. 7, 2013, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,151,061, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Nos. 61/710,234 filed on Oct. 5, 2012 and 61/788,847 filed on Mar. 15, 2013, the contents of all of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThe invention relates to building materials, in particular to attachment of insulating board and trims on building surfaces.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention relates to building materials in particular to attachment of insulating board and trims on building surfaces.
The selection of building siding materials today is vast. The siding may be wood, vinyl, fiber cement, fiber glass or other materials. Essential today is to have insulation underneath the siding to save in energy costs and to protect the building structures from weather elements. Customarily the insulation layer is attached to the building first and the siding is attached on top of the insulation layer.
Once the siding elements are attached on top of the insulation boards, the siding still needs to be trimmed. The trims are usually narrower boards and they are used to finalize the look. It is important that the insulation extends under the trim boards also. Lack of insulation, especially around windows allows hot and cold air to leak and may cause high energy costs.
The usual practice today is that after the insulation boards have been attached to the building sides, the siding boards are attached to the insulation boards and after this smaller board of insulation are attached around the windows, close to the roof, or at the house corners and the look is finalized by attaching trim boards. This is usually done by nailing the trim boards on their place. The trim boards are needed even if no insulation boards are used.
There is a need for an easy and economic way to attach the trim boards, and this application provides such easy and economic way. Furthermore, there is a need for attaching trim boards without leaving the nail heads visible on the board. Thus there is a need for an easy, fast, cost effective, and esthetic way to attach the trim boards.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIt is an object of this invention to provide an easy, economic and an esthetic way to attach trim boards on the building.
It is another object of this invention to provide means to attach trim boards on the building without making through holes on the trim boards.
It is another object of this invention to provide a ready to use combination of trim board and insulation layer to be attached on the building side.
A further object of this invention is to provide clips for attaching trims on buildings without making through holes on the trims.
Another object is to provide an adjustable clip for attaching trim boards on building.
It is an object of this invention to provide an adjustable trim clip for attaching a siding trim on a wall structure, said clip comprising; a first part having a vertical side with a first end and a second end, said first end being attached to a flat bottom and said second end being attached to a horizontal prong extending to same direction as the flat bottom; a second part having a vertical side with a first end and a second end, said first end being attached to a flat bottom and said second end being attached to a horizontal prong extending to same or different direction as the flat bottom; and wherein the flat bottom of the second part slides on top or under the flat bottom of the first part, thereby forming a clip that has an adjustable width.
It is another object of this invention to provide a method to attach a siding trim on a wall, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing at least one trim clip having two vertical sides connected together with a substantially flat bottom having a width substantially similar to the width of the siding trim, b) attaching the trim clip on the wall structure; c) inserting the siding trim into the clip between the vertical sides; and d) providing a pressure by the vertical sides to the trim such that the trim stays securely between the sides.
It is yet another embodiment of this invention to provide a trim clip for attaching a siding trim on a wall structure, said clip comprising; two vertical sides connected together with a substantially flat bottom having a width substantially similar to the width of the siding trim, wherein the bottom has attachment holes or a female/male attachment assembly, and wherein the trim clip is attached to the wall structure with fasteners through the attachment holes or with female/male attachment means, and wherein the siding trim is inserted into the clip between the side walls and hold in place by a pressure provided by the side walls.
A further object of this invention is to provide a method to attach a siding trim on a wall, said method comprising the steps of providing a set of mounting clips having a wall mounting clip and a trim mounting clip, said clips forming a male/female attachment device; attaching said wall mounting clip on the wall and said trim mounting clip on the trim; and attaching the siding trim to the wall by allowing the wall mounting clip and the trim mounting clip form a male/female attachment.
It another object of this invention to provide a building trim kit, comprising a siding trim having a front side and a back side, said back side having one or more trim mounting clips attached; one or more wall mounting clips to be attached to a wall, and said trim mounting clips and wall mounting clips forming a male/female attachment device.
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According to one preferred embodiment, the female and male partners are attached to the trim board, insulation board, or the siding board by screwing mechanism. According to another preferred embodiment the female and male partners are attached by pushing. According to yet another embodiment the attachment system may include tubular elements that are attached to the trim board, insulation board, or the siding board and the female and male partners are attached to these tubular elements.
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According to one embodiment of this invention the clip is substantially of the same length as the trim to be attached. According to another embodiment the length of the clip may vary between about an inch to the full length of the trim. When the trim is substantially shorter than the length to the trim multiple clips may be used to attach the trim.
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According to one preferred embodiment the vertical side 52/82 may be 1/16″ to 1″, more preferably the prong is 2/16″ to ½″ and most preferably the prong is about 5/16″. One skilled in the art would understand that the vertical side can be of any length provided that it equals to the thickness of the trim (or trim plus insulation) or is shorter than the thickness. If the length is same as the thickness then the trim does not have the grooves but the horizontal prongs would in that case be on the trim surface.
According to one preferred embodiment the short bottom part 84 is between 1″ and 3″and most preferably about 1.5″. The long bottom part 54 is preferably 5-10″ and most preferably about 7″. However, one skilled in the art would understand that the length of the bottom parts can be adjusted to be anything and the most preferable measures are such that combination of the short and long bottom part would allow attachment of trims of any available widths.
According to one preferred embodiment the length of the horizontal prong 59/89 of the clip and the depth of the groove 22 in the trim is between 1/8″ and 1″, more preferably between ¼″ and ½″ and most preferably about ⅜″. Again the skilled artisan would understand that the length of the prong and the depth of the groove can be any reasonable measure as long as the prong fits into the groove and holds the trim in its position.
One skilled in the art would understand that the slidable two part clip shown in
It is understood by one skilled in the art that the method and devices described in this disclosure would be applicable to trim boards of any material, with or without the insulation layer and to trim boards of any size.
The trim clips 50 of this invention may be made of any feasible material, including but not limited to aluminum, plastic, fiber glass,
Although this invention has been described with a certain degree of particularity, it is to be understood that the present disclosure has been made only by way of illustration and that numerous changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention.
Claims
1. A building clip kit, comprising:
- a mount clip, comprising: at least one hook having a shank, a bend, and a bite, a trim clip, comprising: at least one hook receptacle having a bottom and two vertical sides, wherein the number of hooks is equal to the number of hook receptacles.
2. The building clip kit of claim 1, wherein the mount clip has two hooks and the trim clip has two hook receptacles.
3. The building clip kit of claim 2, wherein the bend of each hook extends substantially towards each other.
4. The building clip kit of claim 2, wherein the bend of each hook extends substantially away from each other.
5. The building clip kit of claim 1, wherein said mount clip is attached to a piece of siding.
6. The building clip kit of claim 1, wherein said trim clip is attached to a piece of building trim.
7. The building clip kit of claim 1, wherein the attachment of the at least one hook with the at least one hook receptacle results is permanent.
8. The building clip kit of claim 1, wherein the at least one hook is removably attached to the at least one hook receptacle.
9. A building clip kit, comprising:
- a mount clip, comprising: a member having a back portion, a bottom portion, and a first prong that protrudes from the bottom portion; a bracket, having a rear portion, a lower portion, and a second prong that protrudes from the lower portion, wherein said first prong and said second prong are substantially parallel, and wherein the bracket is adjustably attached to the member via an adjusting mechanism; and
- a piece of trim, having a width, wherein the trim is sized to snugly fit in between the first prong and the second prong.
10. The building clip kit of claim 9,
- wherein the member is equipped with a plurality of first attachment holes,
- wherein said bracket is equipped with a pair of second attachment holes that correspond with the plurality of holes.
11. The building clip kit of claim 9, wherein the member is constructed out of metal.
12. The building clip kit of claim 9, wherein the member and the bracket have widths of 2.5 inches.
13. The building clip kit of claim 11, wherein the bracket and member are attached such that the first prong and the second prong are substantially 3.5 inches apart.
14. The building clip kit of claim 11, wherein the bracket and member are attached such that the first prong and the second prong are substantially 5.5 inches apart.
Type: Application
Filed: Jun 17, 2016
Publication Date: Oct 13, 2016
Applicant: Fiber Cement Foam Systems Insulation, LLC (Manalapan, NJ)
Inventor: Russ SCHAEFER (Manalapan, NJ)
Application Number: 15/185,835