Standing seam structural panel

• US 7,104,020 B1
• Filed: 02/06/2004
• Issued: 09/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Korrigan Resources LLC
• Original Assignee: Terry Lynn Suttle
• Inventors: Suttle, Terry Lynn
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HORTON, YVONNE MICHELE
• Application Number:
  US10/772,330
• Time in Patent Office: 949 Days
• Field of Search: 524/78, 525/20, 525/36, 525/44, 525/881, 525/891, 525/21, 525/22, 525/42, 525/43, 525/45, 525/51, 525/29, 525/30, 525/08, 527/481, 525/921, 525/060.5
• US Class Current: 52/551
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 3/362 by locking the edge of one slab or sheet within the profiled marginal portion of the adjacent slab or sheet, e.g. using separate connecting elements
• 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

A multi-ribbed, standing seam structural roof panel with double ribs which can be attached directly to building framing to create a structural rated building panel with shear values which also serves as waterproofing panel.

Claims

1. A structural panel comprising,

a sheet of material,

a plurality of upright ribs formed in said sheet of material which extend upwardly from the surface of said sheet,

a plurality of partial upright ribs formed in said sheet of material which extend upwardly from the surface of said sheet,

each of said upright ribs includes a first surface of the rib which is normal to the surface of said sheet and a second surface of the rib which is disposed at an angle to said first surface of the rib, and

a sealing cap which is adapted to engage a pair of adjacent upright ribs.

2. The structural panel recited in claim 1 wherein,

at least two of said upright ribs are disposed adjacent to each other.

3. The structural panel recited in claim 1 wherein,

at least one of said upright ribs and at least one of said partial upright ribs are disposed adjacent to each other and adjacent to an edge of said sheet.

4. The structural panel recited in claim 1 wherein,

a pair of said upright ribs is formed on said sheet with the first surfaces adjacent to each other to form a trough therebetween.

5. The structural panel recited in claim 1 wherein,

each of said partial upright ribs includes a first surface which is normal to the surface of said sheet.

6. The structural panel recited in claim 5 wherein,

a partial upright rib and an upright rib are formed in said sheet with the first surfaces adjacent to each other to form a trough therebetween.

7. The structural panel recited in claim 1 wherein,

said sealing cap is a generally inverted U-shaped member which selectively engages a pair of upright ribs.

8. The structural panel recited in claim 1 wherein,

said upright ribs and said partial upright ribs are integrally formed in parallel to each other in said sheet of material.

9. The structural panel recited in claim 1 wherein,

said sheet of material is substantially waterproof.

10. The structural panel recited in claim 1 wherein,

each of said upright ribs includes at least one groove formed in said second surface substantially parallel to the surface of said sheet.

11. The structural panel recited in claim 10 wherein,

said sealing cap includes a lip at each edge thereof to engage the groove in said upright ribs.

12. The structural panel recited in claim 3 wherein,

the upright rib and the partial upright rib disposed adjacent to each other and adjacent to an edge of said sheet are adapted to overlie and engage the upright rib and the partial upright rib disposed adjacent to each other and adjacent to an edge of a second substantially identical structural panel.

13. The structural panel recited in claim 1 wherein,

the angle between said second surface and said first surface is approximately 15°

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14. The structural panel recited in claim 1 wherein,

a plurality of low profile ridges formed in said sheet of material to provide longitudinal strength for the panel.

15. The structural panel recited in claim 7 wherein,

each of said pair of upright ribs forms a trough therebetween which trough is covered by said sealing cap.

16. The structural panel recited in claim 15 wherein,

said trough is adapted to selectively receive fasteners for fastening said structural panel to an underlying surface.

17. The structural panel recited in claim 2 wherein,

said at least two upright ribs which are disposed adjacent to each other are located adjacent a mid-portion of said sheet of material.

18. The structural panel recited in claim 1 wherein,

at least one of said partial upright ribs is formed at an edge of said sheet.

19. The structural panel recited in claim 1 wherein,

each of said partial upright ribs includes a first surface which is normal to the surface of said sheet and substantially parallel to said first surface of an adjacent upright rib.

20. A structural panel comprising,

a sheet of material,

a plurality of upright ribs formed in said sheet of material which extend upwardly from the surface of said sheet,

each of said upright ribs includes a first surface of the rib which is normal to the surface of said sheet and a second surface of the rib which is disposed at an angle to said first surface of the rib,

each of said upright ribs includes at least one groove formed in said second surface substantially parallel to the surface of said sheet,

at least two of said upright ribs are disposed adjacent to each other and located adjacent a mid-portion of said sheet of material,

a plurality of partial upright ribs formed in said sheet of material which extend upwardly from the surface of said sheet,

each of said partial upright ribs includes a first surface which is normal to the surface of said sheet and substantially parallel to said first surface of an adjacent upright rib,

at least one of said upright ribs and at least one of said partial upright ribs are disposed adjacent to each other and adjacent to an edge of said sheet,

a partial upright rib and an upright rib are formed in said sheet with the first surfaces adjacent to each other to form a trough therebetween,

at least one of said upright ribs and at least one of said partial upright ribs are disposed adjacent to each other and adjacent to an edge of said sheet,

a partial upright rib and an upright rib are formed in said sheet with the respective first surfaces thereof adjacent to each other to form a trough therebetween,

a sealing cap which is adapted to engage a pair of adjacent upright ribs,

said sealing cap includes a lip at each edge thereof to engage the groove in each of said paid of adjacent upright ribs, and

a plurality of low profile ridges formed in said sheet of material to provide longitudinal strength for the panel.