US Patent Issued to LOUISIANA-PACIFIC on Feb. 24 for "Self-spacing lap and panel siding" (Tennessee, Minnesota, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,942, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Self-spacing lap and panel siding" was invented by Brian St. Germain (Mt. Juliet, Tenn.), Paul Merrick (Gig Harbor, Wash.) and Lance Olson (Saginaw, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lap siding or panel siding product with a unique shiplap joint that spaces abutting pieces of lap siding correctly from each other without measurements taken or needed by the installer. The shiplap joint comprises a bottom element and a top element, each extending from the respective piece of lap or panel siding. A set of "tabs" or "hook-tabs" is engineered on or ad...