Batten and paneling system

DETAILED DESCRIPTION I claim: 1.
In a panel and batten system, the combination which includes a plurality of brackets each comprising a pair of leg means, and bridger means interconnecting said pair of leg means; bodily substantially freely longitudinally expansible and contractable gutter means carried by said pairs of leg means of said brackets over a substructure and under said bridger means of said brackets and having a laterally open side, with said brackets being aligned spaced apart from one another on an axis; guide means connected with said substructure, said guide means and outer ends of said pairs of leg means of said brackets including interlocked, longitudinally relatively movable tongue and grooved portions underlying said gutter means, for said brackets movably to follow said guide means longitudinally of said guide means in interlock with said guide means laterally of said guide means and for said pairs of leg means of said brackets to transmit thrust from said bridger means of said brackets to said guide means and be retained assembled with said guide means longitudinally of said pairs of leg means; first and second panel means on said substructure, said first and second panel means each being bodily substantially freely longitudinally expansible and contractable and comprising panel structure and batten wall means raised outside said gutter means and said brackets and introducing an end adjacent to said laterally open side of said gutter means, having said gutter means and said brackets in positions intermediate said batten wall means of said first and second panel means; and bodily substantially freely longitudinally expansible and contractable batten cover means covering said laterally open side of said gutter means, said brackets and relatively movably said ends of said batten wall means of said first and second panel means and connected with said bridger means of said movably guided brackets to move with said brackets during longitudinal expansion and contraction of said batten cover means