Interlocking roof system

• US 5,737,881 A
• Filed: 12/13/1996
• Issued: 04/14/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Richard Stocksieker
• Original Assignee: Richard Stocksieker
• Inventors: Stocksieker, Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Canfield, Robert
• Application Number:
  US08/764,940
• Time in Patent Office: 487 Days
• Field of Search: 52/90.1, 52/518, 52/519, 52/539-542, 52/545-547, 52/462, 52/460, 52/465, 52/469, 52/470, 52/478
• US Class Current: 52/90.1
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 1/18 of metal
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 1/29 Means for connecting or fastening adjacent roofing elements
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 1/2918 the fastening means taking hold directly on adjacent elements of succeeding rows
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 1/2942 having folded sections receiving interfitted part of adjacent section

Abstract

An interlocking roof system of tiers of successively higher interlocking panels mounted on base members, each panel being held in place by protrusions fitted into notches in the base member of the next higher tier, the panels of each higher tier having a groove wrapped about and locked onto a lip of the adjacent lower panel, side lips and clips being used to connect adjacent panels located in the same horizontal tier. The base member of the lowest tier is mounted at its lowest edge on a riser along the lowest edge of the roof being covered and at its upper edge on the rafters of the roof being covered. The next lowest base member is located at its lowest edge along the upper edge of the adjacent lower base member and at its upper edge on the rafters.

Claims

1. An interlocking roof system having a multiplicity of interlocking panels for use on a structure with sloping rafters, said interlocking roof system comprising:

rafters which slope downwardly from a peak to a lower edge;

a riser secured to the lower edge of the rafters;

multiple tiers of base members mounted horizontally on the rafters, a first tier including a base member with a lower edge mounted on the riser and an upper edge mounted on the rafters, a second tier including a base member with a lower edge mounted on the base member of the first tier and an upper edge mounted on the rafters and successive tiers each including a lower edge on the base member of the successively lower tier and an upper edge on the rafters, each base member having a notch in its lower edge;

panels, each having an upper edge and a lower edge, being mounted on the base members of the tiers, each panel having a groove at its lower edge and a protrusion and a lip at its upper edge, each panel having a side member and a side lip, the protrusion of each panel being secured within the notch of the base member of the next successive higher tier;

a tab member having a general Z-shape mounted on the lower edge of the base member of the first tier forming a partial lip, the groove of each panel of the first tier being mounted on the partial lip and the groove of each panel of each successive tier being mounted on the lip of the next succeeding lower tier;

a clip joiner for mounting on the side lip of two adjoining panels in the same tier;

a cap mounted at the peak of the rafters, the cap including cap segments with a lower edge affixed to the rafters and extending over the base member of the tiers most adjacent the cap and having indentations at the lower edge, the upper edges of the panels being secured in the indentation, cap members mounted on the cap segments on each side of the peak, each cap member having a slope generally the same as the slope of the panels on the side of the peak where the cap member is located and each cap member having a lower edge, a cap cover located over the cap members and a pair of tab members secured to the lower edge of cap members to secure the cap cover.

2. An interlocking roof system having a multiplicity of interlocking panels for use on a structure with sloping rafters, said interlocking roof system comprising:

rafters which slope downwardly from a peak to a lower edge;

multiple tiers of successively higher and lower base members, each having a lower edge and an upper edge and a notch in its upper edge, the upper edges of the base members resting on the rafters and the lower edge resting on the upper edge of the base members of the adjacent lower tier; and

panels, each having an upper edge and a lower edge being mounted on the base members of the tiers, each panel having a groove at its lower edge and a protrusion and a lip at its upper edge, the protrusion of each panel being secured within the notch of the base member of the next successive higher tier.

3. An interlocking roof system according to claim 2 and further including a cap mounted at the peak of the rafters.

4. An interlocking roof system according to claim 2 wherein each panel further includes a side member and a side lip.

5. An interlocking roof system according to claim 2 wherein each panel further includes a side panel and a side lip and a clip joiner for mounting on the side lip of two adjoining panels in the same tier.

6. An interlocking roof system according to claim 2 and further including a cap mounted at the peak of the rafters, the cap including cap segments with a lower edge affixed to the rafters and extending over the base member of the tiers most adjacent the cap and having indentations at the lower edge, the upper edges of the panels being secured in the indentation, cap members mounted on the cap segments on each side of the peak, each cap member having a slope generally the same as the slope of the panels on the side of the peak where the cap member is located and each cap member having a lower edge, a cap cover located over the cap members and a pair of tabs members secured to the lower edge of the cap members to secure the cap cover.