Roofing clip for metal roofing

• US 7,788,874 B2
• Filed: 11/10/2004
• Issued: 09/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: John L. Miller Jr
• Original Assignee: John L. Miller Jr
• Inventors: Miller, John L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chilcot, Jr.; Richard E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen; Chi Q
• Application Number:
  US10/985,245
• Publication Number:
  US 20060096234A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,127 Days
• Field of Search: 525/22, 527/12, 524/891, 524/812, 523/57, 525/50, 524/892, 24/67, 24/67.R, 24/673, 24/305.P, 24/543, 24/305.S, 24/37, 24/671, 24/675, 24/68.R, 24/68.PP, 248/71, 248/74.1, 248/317, 248/493, 248/497
• US Class Current: 52/712
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 2003/3615 Separate fastening elements fixed to the roof structure and consisting of parts permitting relative movement to each other, e.g. for thermal expansion
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 3/361 by specially-profiled marginal portions of the slabs or sheets
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/166 Screw clamp
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/201 with screw threaded or notch engaging securing means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/202 Resiliently biased

Abstract

A roofing clip and connector for retaining metal roofing panels to the purlins of roofs comprising a rigid clip piece in the form of a folded piece of material with a loop in the vicinity of the fold and a constricted area between the loop and the folded ends of the materials, with holes to facilitate attachment of the clip to the purlins, and with the upper fold of the clip having an upturned segment more than 69 degrees at the end thereof, and a connector to be inserted into the clip, with a tab extension extending laterally from the connector.

Claims

1. A roofing clip of material having an upper fold layer, and a lower fold layer longer than the upper fold layer, comprising:

a. a fold;

b. a loop in the vicinity of the fold;

c. a constriction relative to the separation of the two fold layers at the end of the loop distant from the fold;

d. at least one fastener hole extending concentrically through both fold layers; and

e. a portion of the upper fold layer angled upward at the end thereof located on the side of the fastener hole opposite the constriction;

wherein the constriction is positioned between the fastener hole and the loop.

2. The roofing clip as described in claim 1 wherein the material is a metal.

3. The roofing clip as described in claim 2 wherein there are two holes each extending through both fold layers.

4. The roofing clip as described in claim 3 wherein said portion of the upper fold area is angled upward in a range in excess of 69 degrees.

5. The roofing clip as described in claim 2 wherein said portion of the upper fold area is angled upward in a range in excess of 69 degrees.

6. The roofing clip as described in claim 1 wherein there are two holes, each extending through both fold layers concentrically.

7. The roofing clip as described in claim 1 wherein said portion of the upper fold area is angled upward in a range in excess of 69 degrees.

8. A roofing clip and connector system, comprising:

a. the roofing clip of claim 1; and

b. a connector inserted laterally into the roofing clip, said connector comprising;

i. an insertion leg comprising a dimple extending at least a part of the width of the connector and a slot, the slot being substantially parallel to the dimple and being wider than the longest straight line that can be drawn from any point on the circumference of the fastener hole to any other point on the circumference of the fastener hole; and

ii. an upper leg bending upward from the insertion leg.

9. The roofing clip and connector system as described in claim 8, further comprising an interface means at the end of the upper leg opposite the insertion leg.

10. The roofing clip and connector system as described in claim 8 wherein said portion of the upper fold area is angled upward in a range in excess of 69 degrees.

11. The roofing clip and connector system as described in claim 8, the roofing clip comprising two of said fastener holes, and wherein the slot is wider than the longest straight line that can be drawn from any point on the circumference of any fastener hole to any other point on the circumference of any fastener hole.