Clamp for securing assemblies other than snow retention devices to a raised metal seam roof
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1. A device for securing an assembly to a surface, the surface including a plurality of raised portions, each raised portion being separated by a base portion, comprising:
- a body for engaging one of the raised portions, said body including a first slot for receiving one of the raised portions, wherein said body can be operatively attached to an assembly, and wherein the assembly is an assembly other than a snow retention device; and
at least one device for frictionally engaging the raised portion, wherein said device for frictionally engaging comprises at least one member threadably attached to said body, and wherein said device for frictionally engaging does not pierce the raised portion.
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Abstract
A clamp for controlling uplift on a metal roof. The clamp includes a unitary mounting body having a slot extending therethrough. This slot may be positioned over/about a standing seam on a metal roof and be appropriately secured thereto, such as by the use of blunt-nosed screws which engage the seam material.
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1. A device for securing an assembly to a surface, the surface including a plurality of raised portions, each raised portion being separated by a base portion, comprising:
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a body for engaging one of the raised portions, said body including a first slot for receiving one of the raised portions, wherein said body can be operatively attached to an assembly, and wherein the assembly is an assembly other than a snow retention device; and at least one device for frictionally engaging the raised portion, wherein said device for frictionally engaging comprises at least one member threadably attached to said body, and wherein said device for frictionally engaging does not pierce the raised portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A device for securing an assembly to a surface, wherein the surface includes a plurality of raised portions separated by base portions, wherein the raised portions have a length and a width, and wherein said length is greater than said width, comprising:
a mounting body affixable to one of the raised portions wherein said mounting body includes at least one device for frictionally engaging a surface of the raised portion without piercing the raised portion, wherein said mounting body has a slot for receiving at least a portion of the raised portion, wherein said mounting body is equally resistant to detachment from the raised portion by forces directed along a longitudinal axis of the raised portion in a first direction as along the longitudinal axis of the raised portion in a second direction, and wherein said mounting body has a device adapted to receive an apparatus other than a snow retaining device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A mounting device for mounting various assemblies to a raised portion on a building surface, said mounting device comprising:
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a unitary mounting body comprising first and second generally longitudinally extending and laterally displaced side surfaces, generally longitudinally extending and vertically displaced upper and lower surfaces, and longitudinally displaced first and second ends; a slot integrally formed in said mounting body and defining a portion of said lower surface, said slot defining a portion of said lower surface, said slot defining a portion of each of said first and second ends, said slot comprising first and second sidewalls and being adapted for receiving at least an upper part of the raised portion of the building surface; at least one attachment device on said mounting body for providing attachment capabilities to said mounting body, wherein a device to be attached to said attachment device is a device other than a snow retention device; and a securing assembly comprising a first hole extending from one of said side surfaces through said mounting body to interface with said slot and a first member positionable within said first hole along an axis that is substantially perpendicular to a major axis of said slot of said mounting body and being extendable within said slot to secure at least the upper part of the raised portion within said slot by engaging said upper part of the raised portion within said slot with said first member. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for attaching an assembly to a metal raised seam roof system comprising the steps of:
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attaching a clamp to a raised seam of a metal roof by receiving the raised seam of the roof system in a portion of said clamp and by frictionally engaging said clamp to the raised seam without piercing the raised seam; and attaching an assembly other than a snow retention device to said clamp. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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