Composite profile structure for roofing applications
AssigneeJohns Manville
InventorsZebonie Sukle, Ethan McGraw
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide composite roofing strips that may be attached to a roofing membrane for aesthetic and/or functional purposes and method of attaching the same. According to one embodiment, a composite roofing strip may include a longitudinally extending body having a base and a lateral member extending from the base, and may also include an insert extending partially or fully along the body and coupled therewith. The insert may be formable so as to allow the composite roofing strip to be adjusted to have a desired profile and to maintain the desired profile of the composite roofing strip post adjustment.
Claims6
A method of attaching a composite roofing strip to a roof comprising:
- providing a composite roofing strip comprising:
- a longitudinally extending body comprising a base and a lateral member extending from a top surface of the base so as to be substantially orthogonal to the base, wherein the body comprises a first material;
- and
- a single insert coupled with the base of the longitudinally extending body, the single insert extending along at least a portion of the body and the single insert being the sole insert included within the composite roofing strip, wherein a width and a thickness of the single insert is less than a distance that the lateral member extends from the top surface of the base, and wherein the single insert comprises a second material having a modulus of elasticity that is different than the first material;
- positioning the base of the longitudinally extending body atop a roof membrane of the roof;
- bending at least a portion of the composite roofing strip into a desired shape, wherein
- the single insert is sufficiently rigid so as to maintain the composite roofing strip in the desired shape;
- and
- attaching the base of the longitudinally extending body to the roofing membrane to attach the composite roofing strip to the roof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.