Vinyl siding removal and installation tool

Abstract

A vinyl siding removal and installation tool including an elongate, wirelike anterior projection having a hooked end, said hooked end having a ball tip endwise thereon proximal a groove-cut circumferentially disposed upon the hooked end, wherein the hooked end is fittable into any weep hole upon a section of vinyl siding to effect decoupling of a folded seam whereby said section of vinyl siding is unlockable from an adjacent section of vinyl siding and wherein the hooked end is fittable hooked into the folded seam of an unlocked section of vinyl siding to effect relocking of said folded seam to an adjacent section of vinyl siding by rotational action of the hooked end to reseat the folded seam proximal said hooked end, whereby sliding action of the hooked end along the length of the folded seam effects relocking of said folded seam along the length of said folded seam.

Claims

1. A vinyl siding removal and installation tool comprising: an elongate wirelike anterior projection between 3 to 8 inches long, said wirelike anterior projection having: a diameter of between 1/32 of an inch to 8/32 of an inch; a hooked end of between inch and inches in length; a ball tip disposed endwise upon the hooked end a groove-cut circumferentially disposed upon the hooked end proximal the ball tip; wherein the hooked end is fittable into any weep hole upon a section of vinyl siding to effect decoupling of a folded seam when the wirelike anterior projection is pulled by a user whereby said section of vinyl siding is unlockable from an adjacent section of vinyl siding and; wherein the hooked end is fittable hooked into the folded seam of the unlocked section of vinyl siding to effect relocking of said folded seam to the adjacent section of vinyl siding by rotational action of the hooked end to reseat the folded seam locked to an adjacent section of vinyl siding whereby sliding action of the hooked end along the length of the folded seam effects relocking of said folded seam along the length of said folded seam.

2. The vinyl siding removal and installation tool of claim 1 further comprising a rubberlike handle disposed endwise basally upon the elongate wirelike anterior projection.

3. The vinyl siding removal and installation tool of claim 2 further comprising an interconnection ring disposed endwise basally upon the rubberlike handle, said interconnection ring having a diameter large enough to accommodate interconnection with a hooked end of a second vinyl siding removal and installation tool whereby at least a pair of vinyl siding removal and installation tools is interconnectable for extended reach when relocking a folded seam of a section of vinyl siding.

4. A vinyl siding removal and installation tool comprising: an elongate wirelike anterior projection between 2 to 7 inches in length; a hooked end between inch and 2 inches in length, said hooked end comprising: a ball tip disposed endwise upon the hooked end; a groove-cut circumferentially disposed proximal the ball tip; a rubberlike handle; and an interconnection ring disposed endwise basally upon the handle; wherein the hooked end is insertible into a weep hole proximal a folded seam along a section of vinyl siding, said hooked end therein positional for manual action of the handle to unlock the folded seam of said section of vinyl siding when a user pulls on the handle down and away from said section of vinyl siding, and wherein said hooked end is insertible along an unlocked folded seam of a section of vinyl siding, subsequently therein rotatable by manual action at the handle to effect expedient relocking of the folded seam proximal the hooked end, whereby sections of vinyl siding are expediently removable and installable when engaged by the hooked end, said hooked end subsequently slidable along the folded seam to continue unlocking or relocking of said folded seam.

5. A vinyl siding removal and installation tool comprising: an elongate wirelike anterior projection; an angled turn disposed endwise upon the wirelike projection; a recurved hooked end disposed upon the angled turn at an acute angle relative the elongate wirelike anterior projection, said hooked end comprising: a ball tip disposed endwise upon the hooked end; a groove-cut circumferentially disposed proximal the ball tip; a rubberlike handle; and an interconnection ring disposed endwise basally upon the handle; wherein the hooked end is insertible into a weep hole disposed edgewise proximal a folded seam along a section of vinyl siding, said hooked end therein positional for manual action of the handle to unlock the folded seam of said section of vinyl siding when a user pulls on the handle down and away from said section of vinyl siding, and wherein said hooked end is insertible along an unlocked folded seam of a section of vinyl siding, subsequently therein rotatable by manual action at the handle to effect expedient relocking of the folded seam proximal the hooked end, whereby sections of vinyl siding are expediently removable and installable when engaged by the hooked end, said hooked end subsequently slidable along the folded seam to continue unlocking or relocking of said folded seam.

6. The vinyl siding removal and installation tool of claim 5 wherein the wirelike anterior projection is at least five inches long and 3/32 of an inch in diameter.

7. The vinyl siding removal and installation tool of claim 6 wherein the hooked end is inch in length measured from the angled turn.

8. The vinyl siding removal and installation tool of claim 7 wherein the interconnection ring has a diameter of 3/10 of an inch.

9. The vinyl siding removal and installation tool of claim 5 wherein the acute angle of the angled turn is between 40 and 47.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Figures

(1) FIG. 1 is an isometric view of an example embodiment.

(2) FIG. 2 is an isometric view of an example embodiment.

(3) FIG. 3 is an in-use view of an example embodiment hooked into a weep hole of a section of vinyl siding whereby rotation of the tool effects uncoupling of a folded seam of said section of vinyl siding from an adjacent section of vinyl siding whereby separation along the length of said folded seam is subsequently enabled.

(4) FIG. 4 is an in-use view of an example embodiment positioned into an uncoupled folded seam whereby rotation of the tool snaps the seam into coupled relation with an adjacent section of vinyl siding, whereby lateral action of the tool along the folded seam effects recoupling of said seam to the adjacent section of vinyl siding.

(5) FIG. 5 is an isometric view of an example embodiment illustrating linkage of a first vinyl siding removal and installation tool to a second vinyl siding removal and installation tool by hooked engagement through an interconnection ring basally disposed endwise upon a handle.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(6) With reference now to the drawings, and in particular FIGS. 1 through 5 thereof, example of the instant vinyl siding removal and installation tool employing the principles and concepts of the present vinyl siding removal and installation tool and generally designated by the reference number 10 will be described.

(7) Referring to FIGS. 1 through 5 a preferred embodiment of the present vinyl siding removal and installation tool 10 is illustrated.

(8) The present vinyl siding removal and installation tool 10 has been devised to enable an expedient means of unlocking and relocking folded seams of sections of vinyl siding, whereby insertion of a hooked end of an elongate wirelike anterior projection expeditiously unlocks and relocks folded seams of vinyl siding sections, and an interconnection ring, disposed basally upon a rubberlike handle, enables interconnecting more than one vinyl siding removal and installation tool for shared usage and extended reach when effecting relocking of a folded seam along the length of said folded seam.

(9) The vinyl siding removal and installation tool 10, therefore, includes an elongate, wirelike anterior projection 20 having a hooked end 22 disposed for insertion into a weep hole 72 and alternately around an exposed, unlocked folded seam 74 of a section of vinyl siding 70 to alternately unlock and relock said folded seam 74, as occasion may require. The hooked end 22 includes a ball tip 24 disposed endwise upon the hooked end 22 and a groove-cut 26 disposed circumferentially proximal the ball tip 24.

(10) A rubberlike handle 28 is disposed endwise basally upon the anterior projection 20 and an interconnection ring 30 is disposed endwise basally upon the handle 28. The interconnection ring 30 enables interconnection of the hooked end 22 of another vinyl siding removal and installation tool 10 whereby the reach of a user operating the device 10 is extended, as will be described subsequently.

(11) The hooked end 22 is thereby insertible into any weep hole 72 disposed edgewise proximal a folded seam 74 along any section of vinyl siding 70, said hooked end 22 therein positional for manual action at the handle 28 to unlock the folded seam 74 of said section of vinyl siding 70 when a user pulls on the handle 28 down and away from said section of vinyl siding 70. Such action effects uncoupling of the folded seam 74 of a section of vinyl siding 70 from the folded seam 74 of an adjacently disposed section of vinyl siding 70 proximal the weep hole 72. The vinyl siding section 70 is thence unlocked along the length of the folded seam 74 by sliding action of the hooked end 22 along said folded seam 74, or by manual action pulling the siding section 70 away from the building to effect continuous uncoupling of the folded seam 74 along the entire length of the siding section 70, until the entire folded seam 74 is decoupled from the adjacent vinyl siding section 70.

(12) The hooked end 22 is further insertible along an unlocked folded seam 74 of a section of vinyl siding 70, said hooked end 22 disposed to hook into the folded seam 74, and therein effect rotation by manual action at the handle 28 to reseat the folded seam 74 into engagement with an adjacent section of vinyl siding 70, and thereby effect expedient relocking of the folded seam 74 proximal the hooked end 22. Once engaged in a relocked folded seam 74, the hooked end 22 is slidable to reseat the folded seam 74 along the entire length of the section of vinyl siding 70 by sliding action of the hooked end 22 along said length of the vinyl siding 70.

(13) When operating the device 10 from the height of a ladder, a pair of users is enabled expedient relocking of sections of vinyl siding 70 by interconnection of at least a pair of vinyl siding removal and installation tools 10. A first user effects relocking of a folded seam 74 at a proximal location, and slides the tool 10 to a farthest extremity delimited by said first user's reach. Whereupon a second user, disposed within reach of said first user's farthermost reach, interconnects the hooked end 22 of a second vinyl siding removal and installation tool 10 into the interconnection ring 30 disposed basally upon the first user's tool 10, whereby sliding action disposed to effect relocking of the seam 74 is passable to the second user who thence pulls the first user's tool 10 to continue relocking of the seam 74 along the length of the siding section 70. The first user may thence move his ladder to continue the process until the entire folded seam 74 is reseated and engaged with an adjacent section of siding 70.

(14) Sections of vinyl siding 70 are thus expediently removable and installable by action peculiar to the instant vinyl siding removal and installation tool 10.

(15) In an example embodiment disclosed herein the vinyl siding removal and installation tool 10 includes a rubberlike handle 28 that is 5 inches in length, an interconnection ring 30 that is 3/16 of an inch in diameter, an elongate wirelike anterior projection 20 that is 5 inches long and has a diameter of 3/32 of an inch. The hooked end 22 is inch in length measured from an angled turn 32 in the anterior projection 20.