Roofing membrane fastener

• US 4,624,092 A
• Filed: 10/22/1984
• Issued: 11/25/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
• Original Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
• Inventors: Baginski, Albert R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pate, III, William F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): La Kemper, Jean M.
• Application Number:
  US06/663,297
• Time in Patent Office: 764 Days
• Field of Search: 52/713, 52/410, 52/512, 52/747, 24/459, 24/462, 248/237, 411/525, 411/526, 411/528
• US Class Current: 52/713
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 5/143 in the field of the flexible material
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 5/145 Discrete fastening means, e.g. discs or clips
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 5/147 not perforating the flexible material
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 5/0692 joining flexible sheets to other sheets or plates or to strips or bars tent fastenings E04H15/64; coping elements for swimming pools with fixing means for sealing foil E04H4/142; greenhouses of flexible synthetic material A01G9/1407; end or aperture-closing arrangements or devices for sacks or bags B65D33/16
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44034 Dissociable gripping members

Abstract

A two part fastener is provided for securing an elastomeric membrane on a roof deck or the like. The fastener includes a post secured to the roof deck by a screw and having a peripheral laterally extending flange at the upper edge. The membrane is draped over the post and a ring is installed over the membrane and post. The ring includes a plurality of inwardly and upwardly directed resilient fingers lying on a conical surface. The fingers snap over and then lock beneath the membrane and flange. The upper end of the post is recessed so that part of the membrane can be stretched into it during assembly and then released to reduce stress in the membrane.

Claims

1. A two part fastener for a resilient membrane such as for roofing and comprising a post having upper lateral protuberance means and a recessed upper surface having an upper relatively shallow frustoconical surface and a lower relatively steep frustoconical section, means for securing said post to a supporting surface such as a roof deck, a resilient membrane being drapeable over said post, and a retaining ring telescopible over said post and a membrane draped over said post, said ring having a rim adapted to rest on a membrane on said supporting surface, and an open-top substantially frustoconical section comprising a plurality of arcuately spaced fingers extending upwardly and inwardly from said rim and having an enlarged upper edge, said section being radially resilient to permit said upper edge to pass over said post lateral protuberance means and a membrane thereon and to engage beneath said protuberance means to grip a membrane.

2. A fastener as set forth in claim 1 wherein said rim has upper and lower flat surfaces.

3. A fastener as set forth in claim 2 wherein said rim has an axially extending cylindrical section upstanding therefrom.

4. A fastener as set forth in claim 1 wherein said rim has an axially extending cylindrical section upstanding therefrom.

5. A fastener as set forth in claim 1 wherein the upper edge of said substantially frustoconical section comprises a bulbous enlargement.

6. A two part fastener for a resilient membrane such as for roofing and comprising a post having upper lateral protuberance means at an upper end thereof, means at a lower end of said post for securing said post to a supporting surface such as a roof deck, said post having an upper surface with a recess therein, said recess tapering inwardly from said upper end thereof to said lower end thereof, a resilient membrane being drapeable over said post, and a retaining ring telescopible over said post and a membrane draped over said post, said ring having a rim adapted to rest on a membrane on said supporting surface, and a plurality of resilient fingers extending inwardly and upwardly from said rim, said fingers having upper ends adapted to pass over said lateral protuberance means and a membrane thereon and to engage beneath said protuberance means to grip a membrane.

7. A fastener as set forth in claim 6 wherein said rim has upper and lower flat surfaces.

8. A fastener as set forth in claim 7 wherein said rim has a cylindrical section upstanding therefrom.

9. A fastener as set forth in claim 6 wherein said rim has an axially extending cylindrical section upstanding therefrom.

10. A fastener as set forth in claim 6 wherein the upper ends of said fingers comprise bulbous enlargements.

11. A fastener as set forth in claim 6 wherein said fingers are substantially trapizoidal in shape.

12. A fastener as set forth in claim 11 wherein the upper ends of said fingers comprise bulbous enlargements.