ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,799, issued on April 29, was assigned to CERTAINTEED LLC (Malvern, Pa.).
"Siding panel with a recessed locking section" was invented by Ashley A. Schultz (Jackson, Mich.), Christopher Michael Colyn (Grandville, Mich.), David J. Stucky (Grass Lake, Mich.), Robert D. Shaw (Parma, Mich.) and Greg Holland (Jackson, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A siding panel includes a hanger section adjacent to an upper edge and a lower locking section adjacent to a lower edge. When installed, the lower locking section of an upper siding panel partially overlaps, extends into, and interlocks with a hanger section of a lower siding panel in an int...