ROOF MOUNTING BRACKET AND BARRICADE SYSTEM

• US 20160060869A1
• Filed: 10/20/2014
• Published: 03/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sno-Gem, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sno-Gem, Inc.
• Inventors: Smeja, Michael V.
• Granted Patent: US 9,353,527 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/388 Separate connecting elements Connecting devices specially adapted for embedding in concrete E04B1/41; Dowels, i.e. members adapted to penetrate the surfaces of two parts and to take the shear stresses E04B1/48
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/389 Brackets
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/00 Special arrangements or devices in connection with roof coverings; Protection against birds; Roof drainage ; Sky-lights ventilation tiles E04D1/30; ventilation slabs E04D3/40; internal channels E04F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/10 Snow traps ; Removing snow from roofs; Snow melters
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 3/02 of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant E04D3/35 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 2025/6003 by clamping
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/615 for fixing to protruding parts of buildings, e.g. to corrugations or to standing seams
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/20 Solar thermal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/47 Mountings or tracking

Abstract

A roof mounting bracket and roof mounting snow retention system are disclosed, in which the bracket creates a deformation in a roof panel seam using opposing set points. In a preferred embodiment, a generally U-shaped bracket includes two or more threaded fasteners in a first arm of the bracket and one or more opposing threaded fasteners in the second arm. Void in bracket is placed over the panel seam, with the first arm on a first side of the seam and the second arm on the opposite side of the seam. The opposing contact points of the screw heads create a “wave” deformation in the seam, securing the bracket to the seam. The opposing set points of the present invention allow secure attachment of the bracket to the seam without having to “dimple” or dent the panel seam using a single set screw, requiring less force by the user. In certain embodiments, the bracket includes a slidably removable compression member to accommodate wide or narrow seam roofs. A roof mounting system uses includes the brackets and a retention member engaged to the brackets. In certain embodiments, the roof mounting system includes a decorative panel slidably engaged to the retention member. In certain embodiments the brackets include a cavity for receiving a self-tapping screw connecting the retention member to the bracket.

Claims

1. A roof mounting bracket for securing accessories to seamed panel roof systems, the bracket comprising:

a first member, the first member having coupled thereto two or more first projections, the two or more first projections defining a space between the projections;

a second member disposed opposite the first member, the second member having one or more second projections, wherein the second one or more projections are positioned opposite the spaces between the first projections of the first member;

a third member attached to the first member and the second member, whereby the third member, the first member and the second member define a void open at a bottom of the bracket and two sides of the bracket;

a cavity passing through the third member and having an axis approximately ninety degrees to the axis of the void;

wherein engaging the first two or more projections to a first side of a seam of a roof panel creates first two or more deformations in the roof panel seam; and

wherein engaging the second one or more projections to an opposite side of the roof panel seam creates a second one or more deformations in the roof panel seam in the spaces between the first deformations, creating a generally wave-shaped distortion of the roof panel seam.

2. The roof mounting bracket of claim 1, wherein a top edge of the cavity is between 0.0625 and 0.25 inches below a top surface of the bracket.

3. The bracket of claim 1 wherein the first two or more projections comprise screws coupled to the first member by threads formed in the first member and the one or more second projections comprise screws coupled to the second member by threads formed in the second member.

4. The bracket of claim 3 wherein tightening the screws cause heads of the screws to engage the seam and create the first two or more deformations and the second one or more deformations in the roof panel seam.

5. The bracket of claim 2 further comprising a notch in the third member for aligning the roof panel seam within the void.

8. The bracket of claim 1 further comprising:

a first keyway formed in the first member and having an axis parallel to the axis of the void; and

a second keyway formed in the second member opposite the first keyway and having an axis parallel to the axis of the void.

6. (canceled)

7. (canceled)

9. An inverted U-shaped roof mounting bracket for securing accessories to seamed panel roof systems, the bracket comprising:

a first member forming a first side of the bracket;

a second member disposed opposite the first member and forming a second side of the bracket;

a third member attached to the first member and the second member, thereby generally defining the inverted U shape of the bracket and a void in the U shape;

two or more first projections extending from the first member into the void and defining a space between the projections;

one or more second projections extending from the second member into the void, wherein the second one or more projections are positioned opposite the space between the first projections of the first member;

a compression member engaged to the second member and disposed in the void; and

a through hole through the compression member, wherein one of the one or more second projections extends from the second member through the through hole in the compression member to a seam of a roof panel.

11. The bracket of claim 9 wherein the first two or more projections comprise screws coupled to the first member by threads formed in the first member and the one or more second projections comprise screws coupled to the second member by threads formed in the second member.

12. The bracket of claim 9 further comprising:

a channel formed on an interior surface of the second member; and

a key extending from the compression member and sized to fit in the channel.

13. The bracket of claim 12 further comprising:

a first portion of the channel on the interior surface of the second first member having a concave cross sectional shape; and

a concave wall on the compression member.

14. The bracket of claim 13 further comprising a convex wall on the compression member opposite the concave wall on the compression member.

16. The bracket of claim 12 further comprising a cavity passing through the third member and having an axis approximately ninety degrees to the axis of the void.

17. The bracket of claim 12 further comprising a first keyway in the first member and a second keyway in the second member.

10. (canceled)

15. (canceled)

18. A seamed panel roof mounting system comprising:

an inverted U-shaped roof mounting bracket comprising a first member forming a first side of the bracket, a second member disposed opposite the first member and forming a second side of the bracket, and a third member attached to the first member and the second member, thereby generally defining the inverted U shape of the bracket and a void in the U shape, the bracket having a first keyway on the first member and a second keyway on the second member;

a retention member comprising;

a base portion;

a first key slidably engaged to the first keyway and a second key slidably engaged to the second keyway, thereby slidably engaging the retention member to the bracket;

a retention member wall extending from the base portion; and

a first lip; and

a panel slidably engaged to the retention member via the first lip.

19. The seamed panel roof mounting system of claim 18 further comprising:

two or more first projections extending from the first member of the bracket into the void and defining a space between the projections;

one or more second projections extending from the second member of the bracket into the void, wherein the second one or more projections are positioned opposite the spaces between the first projections of the first member.

20. The seamed panel roof mounting system of claim 19 wherein the first two or more projections comprise screws coupled to the first member by threads formed in the first member and the one or more second projections comprise screws coupled to the second member by threads formed in the second member.

21. The seamed panel roof mounting system of claim 18 further comprising:

a cavity in the third member of the bracket having an axis approximately ninety degrees to an axis of the void; and

a fastener connecting the retention member to the bracket and extending into the cavity.

22. The seamed panel roof mounting system of claim 18 further comprising:

a retention member arm extending at an angle from the retention member wall; and

a panel arm portion extending at an angle from the panel wall portion.

23. The seamed panel roof mounting system of claim 18 further comprising a second lip on the retention member, wherein the panel is slidably engaged with the second lip.

24. The seamed panel roof mounting system of claim 18, wherein the panel is a different material than the bracket and the retention member.

25. A seamed panel roof mounting system comprising:

an inverted U-shaped roof mounting bracket comprising;

a first member forming a first side of the bracket and having a first keyway;

a second member disposed opposite the first member and forming a second side of the bracket and having a second keyway;

a third member attached to the first member and the second member and forming a top surface of the bracket;

wherein the first, second and third members generally defining the inverted U shape of the bracket and a void in the U shape;

two or more first projections extending from the first member of the bracket into the void and defining a space between the projections; and

one or more second projections extending from the second member of the bracket into the void, wherein the second one or more projections are positioned opposite the space between the first projections of the first member; and

a retention member comprising a base portion adjacent to a top surface of the bracket, a first key slidably engaged to the first keyway and a second key slidably engaged to the second keyway, thereby slidably engaging the retention member to the bracket.

26. The seamed panel roof mounting system of claim 25 wherein the first two or more projections comprise screws coupled to the first member by threads formed in the first member and the one or more second projections comprise screws coupled to the second member by threads formed in the second member.

27. The seamed panel roof mounting system of claim 25 further comprising a retention member wall extending from the base portion of the retention member.

28. The seamed panel roof mounting system of claim 25 further comprising:

a cavity in the third member of the bracket having an axis approximately ninety degrees to an axis of the void; and

a fastener connecting the retention member to the bracket and extending into the cavity.

29. The seamed panel roof mounting system of claim 25 further comprising:

a first wall extending upward from the base portion of the retention member; and

a second wall extending upward from the base portion of the retention member.

30. The seamed panel roof mounting system of claim 28 further comprising a spanning member disposed between the first wall and the second wall of the retention member.

31. The seamed panel roof mounting system of claim 29 further comprising a fastener retaining the spanning member to the second wall.

32. The seamed panel roof mounting system of claim 28 further comprising a plate connected to the spanning member and extending downward from the spanning member.

33. The seamed panel roof mounting system of claim 28 further comprising a fastener passing through the base portion of the retention member and into the bracket to retain the retention member to the bracket.