Building roof fascia, coping and/or solar panel connector arrangement

• US 8,640,402 B1
• Filed: 03/08/2012
• Issued: 02/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Henry H. Bilge
• Original Assignee: Henry H. Bilge
• Inventors: Bilge, Henry H.
• Primary Examiner(s): FIGUEROA, LUZ ADRIANA
• Application Number:
  US13/415,081
• Time in Patent Office: 698 Days
• Field of Search: 521/733, 136/251, 126/704
• US Class Current: 52/173.3
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/0762 De-icing devices or snow melters
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/103 De-icing devices or snow melters for drainage outlets E04D13/0409, for gutters E04D13/0762, for down pipes E04D13/08
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/152 with ventilating means in soffits or fascias; on the eaves of the roof E04D13/178
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/155 retaining the roof sheathing
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 3/405 Wall copings
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 20/67 in the form of roof constructions in the form of shingles or tiles F24S20/69
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/61 for fixing to the ground or to building structures
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/632 Side connectors; Base connectors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/20 Solar thermal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/44 Heat exchange systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/47 Mountings or tracking

Abstract

A building roof fascia and coping connector arrangement includes a cleat having a planar wall, a spacer extending inwardly from the planar wall for spacing the planar wall away from a building side when the cleat is secured thereto and having an opening permitting air flow therethrough and between the planar wall and the building, an upper securement assembly at an upper end of the planar wall, and a lower securement assembly at a lower end of the planar wall, with coping secured across an outer surface of the planar wall and connected with the upper and lower securement assemblies; and a vertical load bearing member seating on the building roof when the cleat is secured to the building side, while being connected with an upper end of the cleat to transfer a load from the cleat and the coping to the building roof.

Claims

1. A building connector arrangement for securing at least one solar panel to a building, comprising:

a cleat including an elongated wall adapted to be secured to the building,

two spaced apart L-shaped walls extending outwardly from said elongated wall, said two L-shaped walls opening in opposite facing directions from each other that face each other, each of said L-shaped walls including a first leg that extends in a parallel, spaced and superposed relation from said elongated wall so as to create a space between said first leg and said elongated wall, and

said elongated wall including a tail part that extends to one side of one of said L-shaped walls and having an opening therein for insertion of a securing element to secure the tail part to a building structure; and

a U-shaped solar panel connector including;

a first U-shaped gripping wall engaged with one of said L-shaped walls and with a rear surface of a respective said solar panel, said first U-shaped gripping wall including a second leg in gripping contact with the rear surface of the solar panel, a third leg positioned between said first leg and said elongated wall, and a connecting section which connects together the second and third legs,

an opposite second gripping wall engaged with a front surface of the solar panel, and

a connecting wall that connects together the first and second gripping walls.