Siding construction

Claim 1

A SIDING MEMBER COMPRISING RIGID CORE MEANS HAVING OPPOSED MAIN FACES OF SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR PERIPHERAL CONFIGURATION, WEATHER-RESISTANT FACING ADHERED TO A PORTION OF A MAIN FACE OF SAID CORE MEANS DISPOSED TOWARD THE NORMALLY-EXPOSED FACE OF SAID SIDING MEMBER; SAID FACING HAVING A FIRST TERMINAL FLAP CONNECTED TO THE FACING PORTION ADHERED TO SAID CORE MEANS MAIN FACE BY MEANS OF A CONTINUOUS REVERSE BEND ARRANGED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF SAID CORE MEANS; SAID FIRST FLAP EXTENDING EXTERIORLY OVER SAID FACING PORTION TOWARD AN OPPOSITE EDGE PORTION OF SAID CORE MEANS AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED, FASTENER-RECEIVING APERTURES DISPOSED THEREIN FOR PERMITTING FASTENERS TO PASS COMPLETELY THERETHROUGH TO ENGAGE THE FACE THEREBENEATH AND BE FREE FROM SAID FLAP, SAID FIRST FLAP DEFINING A SMALL ACTUE ANGLE WITH THE ADJACENT FACING PORTION WITH WHICH INTEGRALLY FORMED AND BEING MOVABLE TOWARD SAID CORE MEANS TO REDUCE SAID ANGLE WHEREBY SAID FLAP WILL BE DISPOSED NEARLY PARALLEL TO SAID MAIN FACE WHEN AN OVERLYING SIDING MEMBER IS PLACED THEREOVER; SAID FACING ALSO HAVING A CONNECTING PORTION EXTENDING OVER SAID OPPOSITE EDGE PORTION OF SAID CORE MEANS, AND A SECOND TERMINAL FLAP CONTIGUOUS WITH THE CONNECTING FACING PORTION; SAID SECOND FLAP EXTENDING TOWARD THE FIRST TERMINAL FLAP, OUTWARDLY FROM, AND OVER THE NORMALLY-HIDDEN MAIN FACE OF SAID CORE MEANS, SAID SECOND TERMINAL FLAP EXTENDING FROM THE NORMALLY-HIDDEN FACE AT A SMALL ACUTE ANGLE TO SAID NORMALLY-HIDDEN FACE AND BEING MOVABLE TOWARD SAID CORE MEANS.