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A panel (10, 60) applicable to siding, soffits and related construction elements used as coverings for houses, buildings and like structures includes new, improved intercooperating gripping portions (18, 28 and 62, 64) at first (16) and second (26) edges for effectively locking panels of successive

A panel (10, 60) applicable to siding, soffits and related construction elements used as coverings for houses, buildings and like structures includes new, improved intercooperating gripping portions (18, 28 and 62, 64) at first (16) and second (26) edges for effectively locking panels of successive courses. The gripping portion at the first edge comprises a nail hem of double thickness for nailing the panel to an adjacent structure and there is an insulative layer (66) providing a wind resistance medium.

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A panel construction having a surface covering face, an overlapping first edge therealong folded over to provide a double thickness and having a terminally disposed gripping portion, said double thickness of said first edge providing a nail hem having a plurality of slots evenly spaced along and thr

A panel construction having a surface covering face, an overlapping first edge therealong folded over to provide a double thickness and having a terminally disposed gripping portion, said double thickness of said first edge providing a nail hem having a plurality of slots evenly spaced along and through both thicknesses of said nail hem for receiving installation nails, and a second edge oppositely disposed to said first edge, said second edge also having a terminally disposed gripping portion for mating engagement with said first-mentioned gripping portion in the securement of a panel of an upper course with a panel of a lower course of panels when said second-mentioned gripping portion is entered through an opening between said first-mentioned gripping portion and said surface covering face into a pocket, said first-mentioned gripping portion formed to a loop extending throughout a substantial major extent of a closed loop and terminating in a bite portion toward said surface covering face of said lower panel for interacting with the second-mentioned gripping portion of said upper panel when received in said pocket, said first and second-mentioned gripping portions having dissimilar contours thereby to reduce surface friction between gripping portions and permit sliding adjustment of a panel of an upper course on a panel of a lower course.