Roof top archery practice platform

• US 20090229213A1
• Filed: 03/11/2008
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael J. Mistelski
• Original Assignee: Michael J. Mistelski
• Inventors: Mistelski, Michael J.
• Application Number:
  US12/075,387
• Publication Number:
  US 20090229213A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/650.300
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 31/02 Shooting stands
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 15/02 for roof coverings comprising tiles, shingles, or like roofing elements E04D15/003 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F41J 11/00 Target ranges timetables, lists or forms for shooter enlistment B42D15/0066

Abstract

A platform adapted for mounting on the roof of a garage or other building and being capable of supporting a hunter, thereby enabling such hunter to practice shooting from a level above ground level at a target at or near ground level.

Claims

1. A platform construction adapted to provide support for a person atop a pitched, shingled roof having adjacent inclined roof sections extending in opposite directions from a ridge, said construction comprising a base member;

a framework for supporting said base member atop a roof, said framework having frame members extending to a level below that of said base member for engagement with selected shingles on said roof;

an anchor member having a first section adapted to underlie part of a selected one of said shingles and a second section adapted to overlie at least part of another of said shingles underlying said selected one of said shingles;

means for securing said second section of said anchor member to said framework; and

means for securing said first section of said anchor member to said roof in underlying relation to said selected one of said shingles.

2. The construction according to claim 1 wherein said framework includes reinforcing frame members connected to said base member and extending therefrom at angles corresponding substantially to the pitch of said roof sections.

3. The construction according to claim 1 wherein said frame members extend to the level above that of said base member, selected ones of said frame member being spanned by safety rails above said base member.

4. The construction according to claim 1 and wherein said second section of said anchor member has at least one upstanding flange engageable with an adjacent frame member.

5. The construction according to claim 1 wherein said second section of said anchor member has a pair of spaced, upstanding flanges, the space between said flanges corresponding substantially to the thickness of an adjacent frame member.

6. The construction according to claim 1 wherein the means for securing said first section of said anchor member to said roof comprises openings in said first section for the accommodation of nails.

7. A platform construction for supporting a person atop a roof having shingles and two adjacent sections extending at corresponding angles to the horizontal in opposite directions from a ridge between said sections, said construction comprising a flat base member;

a framework having upstanding frame members fixed to said base member and extending to levels above and below that of said base member, said framework also having frame members supported atop shingles on said roof and extending at angles corresponding to the angles at which said roof sections extend;

anchor means securing said framework to said roof, said anchor means comprising a plurality of body members each of which has a first section underlying a selected one of said shingles and a second section joined to said first section and extending therefrom a distance to overlie another shingle adjacent said selected shingle;

attaching means upstanding from said second section; and

means affixing said attaching means to an adjacent frame member.

8. The construction according to claim 7 wherein said attaching means comprises at least one flange extending upward from said second section of said anchor member a distance sufficient to bear against a face of said adjacent frame member and being fixed thereto.

9. The construction according to claim 8 wherein said attaching means comprises a second flange parallel to and spaced from said first flange a distance sufficient to form a groove in which said adjacent frame member is accommodated.

10. The construction according to claim 7 wherein each of said frame members has a free lower end inclined at an angle corresponding to the pitch of the adjacent roof section.