Snow brake anchoring system

A snow brake anchoring system for an inclined roof to prevent accumulations of snow from sliding off the inclined roof, the roof having a generally planar inclined surface with a plurality of spacedly apart generally parallel standing seams that extend generally perpendicularly upwardly from the inclined roof surface, the snow brake anchoring system comprising:

• a snow brake anchor having a unitary body with a first end, a second end, a top surface, bottom, a first leg, a second leg, a bottom of the first leg, an outwardly facing surface of the first leg, an inwardly facing surface of the first leg, a bottom of the second leg, an outwardly facing surface of the second leg, and an inwardly facing surface of the second leg, the unitary body defining a fixed-width rectilinear channel extending between the first end and the second end and between the inwardly facing surface of the first leg and the inwardly facing surface of the second leg, the channel defining a channel opening at the bottom and having a depth dimension between the channel opening, a channel base defined by a transverse face opposite the channel opening, the body further having a laterally extending lip portion that extends perpendicularly outwardly from the outwardly facing surface of the first leg of the body and the laterally extending lip portion has an upper surface that is co-planar with the top surface of the unitary body, the laterally extending lip portion having a first end, a second end, a top surface, a bottom surface, and a laterally outer edge, the laterally extending lip portion extending between the first end of the body and the second end of the body, and having a thickness between the top surface of the laterally extending lip portion and the bottom surface of the laterally extending lip portion;
• a threaded set screw releasably and adjustably carried in a threaded through hole defined in the second leg of the unitary body and communicating with the rectilinear channel for releasably securing the snow brake anchor to the standing seam that is within the rectilinear channel without penetrating the standing seam;
• an elongate snow brake having a first end, an opposing second end, an underside surface and a upper surface, the underside surface having a planar portion configured to frictionally communicate with the top surface of the laterally extending lip portion of plural spaced apart anchor bodies, and the upper surface of the elongate snow break is configured to prevent accumulations of snow on the inclined roof from sliding off the inclined roof, the snow brake defining a plurality of spacedly arrayed through holes communicating between the upper surface and the underside surface that align with the laterally extending lip portions of the plural unitary bodies;
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• plural threaded fasteners to secure the elongate snow brake to the plural spaced apart bodies anchored to the inclined roof.