ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,184, issued on April 14, was assigned to R&L MARKETING & SALES INC. (Youngstown, Ohio).
"Architectural siding and method of use" was invented by David M. Neill (Canfield, Ohio) and Tod Allen Newman (Girard, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A siding product has a downwardly opened connector near an upper portion of a frontal face. There is a channel below the downwardly opened connector. The siding product also has an upwardly opened connector near a lower portion of a rear face. There is a projection on the upwardly opened connector that interlocks or connects with the channel when the two connectors are connected together. The p...