Support clip bar for a pitched roof

• US 5,896,720 A
• Filed: 08/08/1997
• Issued: 04/27/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: William R. Bond
• Original Assignee: William R. Bond
• Inventors: Bond, William R
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Glessner, Brian E.
• Application Number:
  US08/912,301
• Time in Patent Office: 627 Days
• Field of Search: 248/74.1, 248/74.2, 24/336, 24/339, 24/462, 24/346
• US Class Current: 52/698
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/12 Devices or arrangements allowing walking on the roof or in the gutter
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 21/3261 Safety-nets; Safety mattresses; Arrangements on buildings for connecting safety-lines jumping-sheets, jumping-mattresses A62B1/22
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 21/3276 Arrangements on buildings for connecting safety-lines fastening devices for devices for lowering persons from buildings A62B1/04
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/344 Resilient type clasp
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3444 Circular work engageable
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/4406 Resilient channel or bar

Abstract

A clip bar for supporting, fixing or stabilizing air hoses, water hoses, electrical cords, safety ropes, cables, etc. on a shingled or unshingled, pitched roof of a building or house. The clip bar has a substantially flat element with a pair of spaced, U-shaped spring clips attached thereto. One or more of the clip bars can be secured to the roof by a nail or nails and support, fix or stabilize hoses, cords, ropes and/or cables thereto, thus, preventing these elements and any attachments thereto from sliding down and off the roof as well as preventing them from interfering with workers or roofers working on the pitched or inclined roof.

Claims

1. In combination, an unshingled pitched roof and a clip bar for supporting or stabilizing air hoses, water hoses, electrical cords, safety ropes, cables, etc., on said unshingled pitched roof, said clip bar comprising an elongated, substantially flat element having an upper surface and an opposite lower surface, at least one spring clip secured to said flat element on said upper surface, and said flat element having at least one opening therein near one end thereof wherein said at least one opening is an aperture or a slot.

2. In combination, a shingled pitched roof and a clip bar for supporting or stabilizing air hoses, water hoses, electrical cords, safety ropes, cables, etc., on said shingled pitched roof, said clip bar comprising an elongated, substantially flat element having an upper surface and an opposite lower surface, at least one spring clip secured to said flat element on said upper surface, said flat element having at least one opening therein near one end thereof wherein said at least one opening is an aperture or a slot and wherein said one end of said clip bar is secured to said shingled pitched roof beneath an overlapping portion of a shingle.

3. A clip bar for supporting, fixing or stabilizing air hoses, water hoses, electrical cords, safety ropes, cables, etc., on a pitched roof, said clip bar comprising an elongated, substantially flat element having an upper surface and an opposite lower surface, at least one spring clip secured to said flat element on said upper surface, and said flat element having at least one opening therein near one end thereof wherein said at least one opening includes both an aperture and a slot, said slot being located near said aperture offset therefrom and along an elongated side edge of said flat element.

4. A clip bar for supporting, fixing or stabilizing air hoses, water hoses, electrical cords, safety ropes, cables, etc., on a pitched roof, said clip bar comprising an elongated, substantially flat element having an upper surface and an opposite lower surface, at least one spring clip secured to said flat element on said upper surface, said at least one spring clip is U-shaped, said at least one U-shaped spring clip comprises a strip or ribbon of material, said strip or ribbon of material having a substantially flat base with two oppositely spaced arms extending therefrom, each of said arms having a reentrant portion extending towards said base and having a gripping portion near the center of said U-shaped strip or ribbon, one of said arms has a second aperture in a section thereof farthest removed from said base, said base has a third aperture therein alined with said second aperture and offset from said first aperture each of said gripping portions being in spaced opposition to each other to form a gripping mechanism for an object, said at least one U-shaped spring clip has a first aperture in the center of said flat base, said flat element has a first opening therein and said at least one U-shaped spring clip is secured to said flat element by means of a rivet passing through said first aperture and said first opening through said flat element in alinement with said first aperture and said flat element having at least one opening therein near one end of said flat element wherein said opening is an aperture or a slot.

6. The clip bar of claim 4 wherein said flat element has a second opening therein and said second opening is spaced adjacent said first opening but off-set therefrom.

7. The clip bar of claim 6 wherein said flat element has a third opening and a fourth opening therein, said third opening being spaced from said first opening and in alinement therewith, and said fourth opening being spaced from said third opening but off-set therefrom.

5. A removable clip bar for supporting, fixing or stabilizing air hoses, water hoses, electrical cords, safety ropes, cables, etc., on a pitched roof, said removable clip bar comprising an elongated, substantially flat element having an upper surface and an opposite lower surface, said flat element having a longitudinal axis, at least one spring clip secured to said flat element on said upper surface, said at least one spring clip having a length alined along said longitudinal axis, said at least one spring clip having a width which is orthogonal to said longitudinal axis, said length being less than said width and said flat element having only one opening therein near one end thereof wherein said only one opening is an aperture or a slot.

8. The clip bar of claim 5 wherein said at least one spring clip is U-shaped.

9. The clip bar of claim 5 wherein there are two spring clips secured at spaced locations on said flat element.

10. The clip bar of claim 9 wherein each of said two spring clips is U-shaped.

11. The clip bar of claim 9 wherein one spring clip is larger than the other spring clip.

12. The clip bar of claim 9 wherein each of said spring clips is rotatable about its axis.

13. The clip bar of claim 12 wherein each of said spring clips is secured to said flat element by a rivet.

14. The clip bar of claim 5 wherein said flat element has a raised edge extending above said upper surface at the opposite end said flat element.

15. The clip bar of claim 8 wherein said at least one U-shaped spring clip comprises a strip or ribbon of material, said strip or ribbon of material having a substantially flat base with two oppositely spaced arms extending therefrom, each of said arms having a reentrant portion extending towards said base and having a gripping portion near the center of said U-shaped strip or ribbon, each of said gripping portions being in spaced opposition to each other to form a gripping mechanism for an object.

16. The clip bar of claim 15 wherein said at least one U-shaped spring clip has a first aperture in the center of said flat base.

17. The clip bar of claim 16 wherein said flat element has a first opening therein and said at least one U-shaped spring clip is secured to said flat element by means of a rivet passing through said first aperture and said first opening through said flat element in alinement with said first aperture.

18. The clip bar of claim 17 wherein one of said arms has a second aperture in a section thereof farthest removed from said base and said base has a third aperture therein alined with said second aperture and offset from said first aperture.

19. The clip bar of claim 18 wherein said flat element has a second opening therein and said second opening is spaced adjacent said first opening but off-set therefrom.

20. The clip bar of claim 19 wherein said flat element has a third opening and a fourth opening therein, said third opening being spaced from said first opening and in alinement therewith, and said fourth opening being spaced from said third opening but off-set therefrom.