Architectural screen roof curbs
AssigneeMgm Products, Inc.
InventorsDotson Carson Green, Adnan Bijelic
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Abstract
An architectural screen roof curb supported by an upstanding support curb to camouflage or hide various articles including, but not limited to, HVAC units. The architectural screen roof curb includes a top curb portion and two or more spaced, generally horizontal extending support members which then, in turn, support one or more architectural screens such that no portion of the architectural screen roof curb comes into contact with the underlying roof.
Claims7
A top roof curb device mounted on an upstanding support curb, said upstanding support curb presenting two sets of perpendicular parallel spaced walls, said device comprising:
- a top curb placed on top of, and in contact with and supported wholly by, said support curb,
- two or more spaced, generally horizontally extending support members which extend outwardly, and are supported by, said top curb, and said two or more spaced support members are not in direct contact with said support curb,
- one or more architectural screens are spaced outwardly from said top curb and supported by, and attached to, at least one of said two or more support members, and said one or more architectural screens are for concealing equipment from view, and
- said support curb comprises the sole support for said top curb, whereby said one or more architectural screens are secured to said top curb without attachment to an underlying roof or the equipment thereon, and
- wherein a portion of said two or more support members is located interior to said top curb and
- at least one of said one or more spaced, generally extending support members has a first end exterior to said top curb and a distal end which is also exterior to said top curb, and said distal end is on an opposite side of said top curb such that a portion of said support member extends through said top curb.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.