Roof standoff device

• US 9,068,339 B2
• Filed: 10/02/2014
• Issued: 06/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: D Three Enterprises, LLC
• Original Assignee: D Three Enterprises, LLC
• Inventors: Kreutzman, David, Tamm, Don N., Schaefer, Richard F.
• Primary Examiner(s): GILBERT, WILLIAM V
• Application Number:
  US14/504,663
• Publication Number:
  US 20150013237A1
• Time in Patent Office: 271 Days
• Field of Search: 52/24, 52/25, 52/58, 52/60, 521/733, 522/96, 525/51, 527/04, 527/05, 527/10, 522/39, 522/821, 522/823, 526/47, 526/531, 526/532, 526/54, 526/551, 525/43, 525/48, 525/49, 248/237, 248/500, 248/505, 248/656, 248/669
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/14 Bars, uprights, struts, or like supports, for cabinets, brackets, or the like aspects of adjusting height or inclination of shelves or brackets A47B57/00
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/19 Three-dimensional framework structures
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/38 Connections for building structures in general
• 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: E04B 2/7407 assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts E04B2/78 and E04B2/80 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 7/18 Special structures in or on roofs, e.g. dormer windows in connection with roof coverings E04D13/00, especially domes E04D13/03
• 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 13/0459 Drainage borders, e.g. dripping edges, gravel stops or dispersers
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 2013/0468 Drip edges
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• 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: Y02B 10/20 : Solar thermal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/30 : Wind power
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/47 : Mountings or tracking

Abstract

A roof standoff having a base attached to a roof surface using one or more threaded fasteners or screws. The base has a threaded hole that is aligned with a hole in a raised flashing that overlays the base to prevent water from infiltrating the holes in the roof formed by the threaded fasteners. A bolt threadably engages the threaded hole of the base to attach a bracket to the base. Objects may engage with the bracket such that these objects are supported by the roof standoff.

Claims

1. A roof standoff device for use in mounting an object to a roof, said standoff device comprising:

a base bracket having at least one mounting hole for receiving an attachment element for attaching the base bracket to a roof surface, said base bracket further including a first threaded attachment element;

a flashing having;

a raised section with an upper surface and a flashing aperture extending through said raised section, wherein said flashing aperture is configured for alignment with said first threaded attachment element of said base bracket;

a flange extending beyond a base of said raised section, wherein, when disposed over said base bracket on the roof surface, an inside surface of said raised section receives and surrounds said base bracket and said flange rests on the roof surface;

an attachment bracket having a bracket aperture passing through a lower portion of said attachment bracket, said bracket aperture configured for alignment with said first threaded attachment element of said base bracket;

a second threaded attachment element, said second threaded attachment element configured to threadably engage said first threaded attachment element, wherein, upon said first and second threaded attachment elements being threadably engaged, said flashing is compressed between said base bracket and said attachment bracket; and

said attachment bracket having a third attachment element disposed on an upper portion of said attachment bracket for attaching an object to said attachment bracket.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein said upper surface of said raised section comprises a first planar surface and a portion of a bottom surface of said attachment bracket comprises a second planar surface.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein said second planar surface of said attachment bracket is in direct contact with said first planar surface of said flashing when said first and second threaded attachment elements are threadably engaged compressing said flashing between said base bracket and said attachment bracket.

4. The device of claim 2, further comprising:

a soft washer disposed around said aperture in said flashing, wherein said soft washer surrounds said aperture in said flashing and is compressed upon said first and second threaded attachment elements being threadably engaged.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein:

said first threaded attachment element comprises a threaded bolt attached to said base bracket, wherein said threaded bolt is configured to extend through said flashing aperture in said raised section of said flashing and through said bracket aperture in said attachment bracket; and

said second threaded attachment element comprises a female threaded aperture.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein:

said first threaded attachment element comprises a threaded aperture in said base bracket; and

said second threaded attachment element comprises a threaded bolt extending through said bracket aperture and said flashing aperture.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein said base bracket further comprises:

a raised portion surrounding said first attachment element.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein a portion of said flashing surrounding said aperture is compressed between said raised portion of said base bracket and said attachment bracket.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein a lower surface of said raised section of said flashing is in direct contact with said raised portion of said base bracket.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein said third attachment element comprises a slot formed in said upper portion of said attachment bracket.

11. The device of claim 10, further comprising:

a snap connector disposed in said slot.

12. A roof standoff device for use in mounting an object to a roof, said standoff device comprising:

a base bracket having at least one mounting hole for receiving an attachment element for attaching the base bracket to a roof surface, said base bracket further including a first threaded attachment element and a raised surface surrounding the first threaded attachment element;

a flashing having;

a raised section with a planar upper surface and a flashing aperture extending through said raised section; and

a flange extending beyond a base of said raised section, wherein, when disposed over said base bracket on the roof surface, an inside surface of said raised section overlays said raised surface of said base bracket surrounding said first threaded attachment element;

an attachment bracket having a bracket aperture passing through a lower portion and configured for alignment with said first threaded attachment element of said base bracket, said attachment bracket having a planar bottom contact surface;

a second threaded attachment element configured to threadably engage said first threaded attachment element, wherein, upon said first and second threaded attachment elements being threadably engaged, said flashing is compressed between said raised surface surrounding said first threaded element and said bottom planar contact surface of said attachment bracket, wherein said bottom planer contact surface is in direct contact with said planar upper surface of said flashing; and

said attachment bracket having a third attachment element disposed on an upper portion of said attachment bracket for attaching an object to said attachment bracket.

13. The device of claim 12, further comprising:

a soft washer disposed about said aperture in said flashing, wherein said soft washer is compressed upon said first and second threaded attachment elements being threadably engaged.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein said attachment bracket and said flange are metal elements and said direct contact is metal to metal contact.