Roof mount sealing assembly

• US 8,833,032 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2014
• Issued: 09/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: D Three Enterprises, LLC
• Original Assignee: D Three Enterprises, LLC
• Inventors: Schaefer, Richard F., Kreutzman, David, Tamm, Don N.
• Primary Examiner(s): GILBERT, WILLIAM V
• Application Number:
  US14/227,218
• Publication Number:
  US 20140208664A1
• Time in Patent Office: 173 Days
• Field of Search: 52/24, 52/25, 52/58, 52/60, 521/733, 524/10, 525/51, 527/04, 527/05, 527/10, 522/822, 526/531, 526/532, 522/39, 522/821, 522/823, 526/47, 526/541, 526/551, 248/237, 248/500, 248/505, 248/656, 248/669
• US Class Current: 52/710
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/38 Connections for building structures in general
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/388 Separate connecting elements Connecting devices specially adapted for embedding in concrete E04B1/41; Dowels, i.e. members adapted to penetrate the surfaces of two parts and to take the shear stresses E04B1/48
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/66 Sealings damp-proof courses E04B1/644; fire-proof sealings E04B1/948; additions of anti-leak properties to plaster C04B; bituminous sealing masses C08L95/00; sealings for hydraulic engineering work in general E02B3/16; against ground humidity or ground water E02D31/02; coverings against rain or other precipitations of the atmosphere E04D; composition of material or manufacture of sealing foils, see the relevant classes for these foils
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2003/0421 comprising one single unitary part
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2003/0439 the cross-section comprising open parts and hollow parts
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2003/0465 square- or rectangular-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2003/0473 U- or C-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2003/0478 X-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 3/06 with substantially solid, i.e. unapertured, web E04C3/10, E04C3/11 take precedence honeycomb girders E04C3/083
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/00 Special arrangements or devices in connection with roof coverings; Protection against birds; Roof drainage ; Sky-lights ventilation tiles E04D1/30; ventilation slabs E04D3/40; internal channels E04F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/002 Provisions for preventing vegetational growth, e.g. fungi, algae or moss
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/0404 Drainage on the roof surface
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/1407 for flat roofs
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/1476 wherein the parts extending above the roof have a generally circular cross-section
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 12/2276 Clamping poles or posts on a stub E04H12/2269 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 37/145 Sleeve nuts, e.g. combined with bolts
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 43/001 for sealing or insulation
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 5/0233 allowing for adjustment perpendicular to the plane of the plates
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 9/054 the intermediate member being threaded
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 9/056 the intermediate member extending through the flat surface; the rod or tubular part extending through the flat surface
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 : for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/022 : repositionable
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 2020/17 : Arrangements of solar thermal modules combined with solar PV modules
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 2025/021 : Sealing means between support elements and mounting surface
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 2025/6006 : by using threaded elements, e.g. stud bolts
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 2025/801 : having hollow parts with closed cross-section
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 2025/807 : having undercut grooves
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/20 : Peripheral frames for modules
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/30 : using elongate rigid mounting elements extending substantially along the supporting surface, e.g. for covering buildings with solar heat collectors extending in directions away from the supporting surface F24S25/10; peripheral frames for modules F24S25/20
• 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: F24S 25/65 : for coupling adjacent supporting elements, e.g. for connecting profiles together
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/70 : with means for adjusting the final position or orientation of supporting elements in relation to each other or to a mounting surface; with means for compensating mounting tolerances
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/1221 : onto a wall
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/20 : Solar thermal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/47 : Mountings or tracking

Abstract

A variety of roof mount sealing assemblies are disclosed. The roof mount sealing assemblies allow a user to mount rails for solar panels, signs, satellite dish or any other desired item on the roof and have the mounting location sealed against water. The roof mount sealing assemblies has a body with a recess for a flexible washer, which is attached to a bolt body (or formed with the bolt body) and threaded either down in a base plate or directly into the roof. The bolt body and body form a double stud assembly, which also holds a flashing onto the roof to provide further water proofing.

Claims

1. A roof mount, comprising:

a spacer with a spacer aperture extending between a top surface and a bottom surface of said spacer, wherein said bottom surface is adapted for positioning on a roof surface;

a flashing member having a raised section with a flashing aperture and a flange extending about a periphery of a base of said raised section, said raised section defining a recess in a bottom surface of said flashing member sized to at least partially receive and surround said spacer when said flange rests on the roof surface; and

a threaded bolt body having a lower threaded portion and an upper threaded portion, said lower threaded portion configured for disposition through said flashing aperture and said spacer aperture for threaded insertion into the roof surface, said upper threaded portion configured to extend above the roof surface; and

an annular element disposed along a length of said bolt body; and

a soft annular element disposed about said bolt body below said annular element;

wherein said annular element compresses said soft annular element against a top surface of said raised section of said flashing member and compresses a bottom surface of said recess against a top surface of said spacer when said lower threaded portion of said bolt body is threadably inserted into the roof surface.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said annular element is fixedly connected to said bolt body.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said annular element is threadably engaged with said bolt body.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said annular element further comprises:

an annular recess formed in a lower surface of said annular element, said annular recess surrounding said bolt body; and

a ridge surrounding said annular recess, wherein said soft annular element is received within said annular recess when said annular element is compressed against said top surface of said raised section of said flashing member.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein a periphery of said ridge is in direct contact with said top surface of said raised section of said flashing member when said annular element is compressed against said raised section.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said raised section is frustoconical.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said raised section surrounding said flashing aperture comprises a planar surface.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a depth of said recess is substantially equal to a thickness of said spacer as measured between said top surface and said bottom surface of said spacer.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a bottom surface of said recess is juxtaposed on said top surface of said spacer when said spacer is disposed on the roof surface and said recess of said flashing member is disposed over said spacer.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein an upper end of said bolt body further comprises:

a drive element.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said drive element comprises a hex drive element.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said lower threaded portion of said bolt body further comprises a self-tapping point.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said lower threaded portion of said bolt body comprises a lag threaded portion and said upper threaded portion of said bolt body comprises a machine treaded portion.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said soft annular element is disposed through said flashing aperture, wherein a first portion of said soft annular element is disposed above said raised section of said flashing member and a second portion of said soft annular element is disposed in said recess of said flashing member.