Corrosion proof snow guard

• US 4,141,182 A
• Filed: 02/02/1978
• Issued: 02/27/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John R. Mcmullen
• Original Assignee: John R. Mcmullen
• Inventors: McMullen, John R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bell, J. Karl
• Application Number:
  US05/874,597
• Time in Patent Office: 390 Days
• Field of Search: 52/24-26, D 8/499
• US Class Current: 52/24
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/10 Snow traps ; Removing snow from roofs; Snow melters

Abstract

A roof snow guard in the form of a flat base member mounted flush to an inclined building roof and extending parallel thereto in the direction of incline and having a wing member extending angularly outwardly of the base member at the lower end thereof to prevent movement of snow or ice on the roof, which is formed integrally with the base member of molded clear plastic to render the snow guard practically invisible on the roof, reduce cost, and prevent discoloration of the roof during weathering of the snow guard since it is immune to corrosion.

Claims

1. In a roof snow guard of the type comprising a base member for mounting flush with an inclined building roof and extending parallel thereto in the direction of incline and having a wing member fixed to the lower end thereof relative to the inclination of the roof and extending angularly outwardly therefrom away from the base member and acting to prevent movement of snow or ice piling up on the roof behind the wing member, the improvement wherein:

said base member and said wing member comprise an integrally molded clear plastic element to render the snow guard practically invisible on the roof and to prevent discoloration of the roof during weathering of the snow guard.

2. The roof snow guard as claimed in claim 1, wherein said base member takes the form of a narrow elongated strip, and said at least one wing member is of butterfly shape in the form of two edge merged discs extending outwardly of a common center line with that of said base member, and said guard further comprises integral fillets in the form of laterally spaced walls along respective edges of said base member and joining the outer face of the base member with the upper face of said at least one wing member.

3. The roof snow guard as claimed in claim 2, further comprising longitudinally spaced holes within said base member for effecting mounting of the base member to said roof, a large circular hole within the center of each of said discs, and a plurality of smaller holes constituting a circumferentially spaced array about the larger hole of each disc, and wherein the peripheries of said discs are beveled radially outwardly from the lower face thereof towards the upper face.