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

• Current Assignee: Petersen Aluminum Corporation (Carlisle Cos., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cotterco, Inc.
• Inventors: Cotter, Donald P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): COGGINS, WYNN WOOD
• Application Number:
  US08/169,732
• Time in Patent Office: 333 Days
• Field of Search: 52/543, 52/544, 52/545, 52/546, 52/547, 52/528, 52/520, 52/478, 52/489, 52/573, 52/715, 52/461, 52/466, 52/537, 52/542
• US Class Current: 52/547
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 3/366 by closing the space between the slabs or sheets by gutters, bulges, or bridging elements, e.g. strips

Abstract

Sheet metal roofing or siding batten system (10) and standing seam system (30) are disclosed. The batten system (10) comprises pan (11), mounting bracket (16) and batten (23) sections. The standing seam system (30) comprises pan (31) and mounting bracket (32) sections. Both mounting bracket designs include a base (13,33), upwardly extending .legs (15,35), and downwardly extending securing legs (16,36) having inwardly extending protrusions (17,37) used to secure lateral borders (28 and 38,39) of the pans to the brackets. The invention ensures positive interlock of the components while allowing for thermal expansion and variations in pan geometry inherent in metal roofing systems.

Claims

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.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the protrusion is a dimpled protrusion generally hemispherical in shape and spaced apart from the distal edge.

3. A roofing and siding system for mounting to a building comprising:

a plurality of longitudinal pans having substantially flat central panels, for mounting against a building surface, and upwardly, that is away from the building surface, extending lateral borders;

a bracket, including a base portion mountable to the building surface and a clip portion including an upwardly extending first leg, having a top end, and a second leg extending at an acute angle downwardly, that is towards the building surface, from the top end, the first and second legs defining a first narrow bracket slot therebetween for receipt of a first lateral border therein, the second leg configured to include a first dimpled protrusion extending inwardly toward the first leg sized and positioned to fictionally capture the lateral border between the dimpled protrusion and the first leg and thereby retain the clip portion upon the lateral border and substantially preventing undesired sliding movement of the bracket relative to the lateral border before installation, the first leg including first and second sides with the second leg extending adjacent the first side;

the clip portion further comprising a third leg extending at an acute angle downwardly, that is generally towards the building surface, from the top end of the first leg adjacent the second side defining a second narrow bracket slot therebetween for receipt of a second lateral border therein, the third leg having a second dimpled protrusion extending inwardly toward the first leg sized and positioned to fictionally capture a second lateral border between the dimpled protrusion and the first leg, the second and third legs each having a distal edge defining bottom flange gaps between the distal edges of the second and third legs and the longitudinal pans; and

a longitudinal batten cap sized to cover the bracket and pan lateral borders, the batten cap having first and second side walls, the first side wall terminating at a first laterally extending flange and the second side wall terminating at a second laterally extending flange, the first and second flanges positioned for mounting within the bottom flange gaps and sized for complementary mating engagement in the flange gaps therein with the flanges occupying a substantial portion of the respective bottom flange gap to retain the cap in a substantially fixed vertical position relative to the base.

4. A roofing system comprising

a first and second longitudinal pan each having substantially flat central panels, for mounting against a building surface, and upwardly, that is away from the building surface, extending lateral borders;

a bracket including a base portion mountable to the building surface and a clip portion, the clip portion including an upwardly extending first leg having a top end and first and second sides, a second leg extending at an acute angle downwardly, that is generally towards the building surface, from the top end of the first leg adjacent the first side terminating at a first distal end, and a third leg extending at an acute angle downwardly, that is generally towards the building surface, from the top end of the first leg adjacent the first side terminating at a second distal end;

a first flange gap formed between the first distal end and the first panel;

a second flange gap formed between the second distal end and the second panel;

a first dimpled protrusion extending outwardly from the second leg towards the first side of the first leg defining a narrow bracket slot therebetween fictionally capturing a first of said lateral borders between the first protrusion and the first side of the first leg to thereby retain the bracket upon the first lateral border;

a second dimpled protrusion extending outwardly from the third leg towards the second side of the first leg defining a narrow bracket slot therebetween fictionally capturing a second of said lateral borders between the second protrusion and the second side of the first leg; and

a longitudinal batten cap sized to cover the bracket and the first and second lateral borders, the batten cap having first and second side walls, the first side wall terminating at a first laterally extending flange extending into the first flange gap and the second side wall terminating at a second laterally extending flange extending into the second flange gap, the first and second flanges substantially filling the first and second flange gaps to thereby restrict vertical movement of the cap relative to the base, the first and second side walls biasing the first and second protrusions towards the first leg to thereby maintain constant frictional engagement between the first and second lateral borders and the first leg while allowing thermal movement therebetween.