US Patent Issued to LOUISIANA-PACIFIC on July 1 for "System for flashing end joints of siding" (Tennessee, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,052, issued on July 1, was assigned to LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"System for flashing end joints of siding" was invented by David L. Stackhouse (Nashville, Tenn.), Matthew E. Vrazel (Nashville, Tenn.) and G. Paul Merrick Jr. (Newberry, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, flashing apparatus, and associated methods for protecting vertical butt joints in installed siding having locking profiles. The lower profiled edge of the siding is modified proximate the ends during manufacture or in a factory setting to create a modified section configured to mate with a unique piece of factory-produced or pre-made flash...