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Roofing and siding system

  • US 5,363,624 A
  • Filed: 12/17/1993
  • Issued: 11/15/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for mounting a pan, used in roofing and siding systems, to a building surface, the pan including a panel portion and an upwardly extending lateral border, the system comprising:

  • a bracket including a base portion mountable to the building surface; and

    a clip portion connected to the base portion, the clip portion including a first leg extending away from the base portion having a first length and a top end, and a second leg extending at an acute angle from the top end of the first leg towards the base portion, the second leg having a second length, a distal edge and a protrusion extending towards the first leg, the second length being shorter than the first length to form a flange gap between the distal edge and the base, the protrusion positioned and sized to form a narrow bracket slot between the protrusion and the first leg configured to fictionally retain the clip portion on the lateral border and thereby substantially eliminate undesired sliding of the clip portion relative to the lateral border while the base portion is unsecured to the building surface; and

    a longitudinal batten cap configured to generally overlap the bracket and the pan lateral border, the cap including a side wall terminating at a laterally extending flange forming a shoulder therebetween, wherein when the lateral border ia positioned in the narrow bracket slot and the cap is installed over the bracket, the second leg is biased toward the first leg by the side wall to cause the protrusion to bias the lateral border against the first leg and thereby promote frictional engagement therebetween, the flange and the flange gap configured to mate together and retain the cap in a substantially fixed vertical position relative to the base.

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