Appeal No. 98-1458 Page 7
Application No. 08/499,211
Independent claim 1 recites a siding panel comprising,
inter alia, a contoured sheet of plastic material, a generally
flat nailhem strip, at least one aperture in the nailhem
strip, and an elongated rib disposed on the nailhem strip
proximate the nail aperture and in predetermined registry
therewith. Claim 1 further recites that
said nailhem strip second side substantially free of
protrusions proximate said nail aperture for a distance
spaced from said elongated rib sufficient to accommodate
the nail driving article at said nail aperture.
Claim 1 is anticipated by Godes. Godes discloses a
siding panel 12. As shown in Figures 1-4, the siding panel 12
is a contoured sheet of plastic material having a generally
flat nailhem strip with nail apertures/slots 32 therein, and
an elongated rib/ridge 30 disposed on the nailhem strip
proximate the nail apertures/slots and in predetermined
registry therewith. As shown in Figure 4, the second side of
the nailhem strip is substantially free of protrusions
proximate the nail aperture/slot 32 for a distance spaced from
the elongated rib/ridge 30 sufficient to accommodate a nail
driving article at the nail aperture/slot.
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