# US 10,767,376 B2 · Structure for staging materials on a roof structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,767,376 B2 - Document ID: US10767376B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/216,670 - Filed: 2018-12-11 - Published: 2019-07-18 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-01-17 - Assignees: Final Mile Solar LLC - Applicants: Final Mile Solar LLC - Inventors: Nathan Coy Bendall; Louis J Monaco - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10767376B2 ## CPC - E04G 3/265: {with means to adapt it to a variable pitch of the roof} - E04G 21/3276: {Arrangements on buildings for connecting safety-lines (fastening devices for devices for lowering persons from buildings A62B1/04)} - E04G 3/22: supported by roofs or ceilings (E04G3/28 takes precedence) - E04G 3/243: {following the outside contour of a building (E04G3/26 takes precedence)} - E04G 5/003: {Devices for storing material on the scaffold} - F24S 25/13: Profile arrangements, e.g. trusses (F24S25/12 takes precedence) - F24S 2025/01: {Special support components; Methods of use} - F24S 2025/014: {Methods for installing support elements} - Y02B 10/20: Solar thermal - Y02E 10/47: Mountings or tracking - E04G: SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS - F24S: SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS (for producing mechanical power from solar energy F03G6/00) - Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract The apparatus may include a ridge member, a first arm rotatably coupled to the ridge member and extending outward, relative to the ridge member, in a first plane angled relative to a first pitch of a roof structure. Also, the apparatus may include a second arm rotatably coupled to the ridge member and extending outward, relative to the ridge member, in a second plane angled relative to a second pitch of the roof structure. The ridge member may be positioned at an apex between the first pitch and the second pitch along a ridge of the roof structure. Further, materials for installation may be placed on at least one of the first arm and the second arm positioned between the roof structure and the materials. Additionally, the apparatus may include a load arm coupled at each respective end portion of the first arm and the second arm. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for staging materials on a roof structure, the apparatus comprising: a ridge member; a first arm rotatably coupled to the ridge member and extending outward, relative to the ridge member, in a first plane angled relative to a first pitch of the roof structure; a second arm rotatably coupled to the ridge member and extending outward, relative to the ridge member, in a second plane angled relative to a second pitch of the roof structure, wherein the ridge member is configured to be positioned at an apex between the first pitch and the second pitch along a ridge of the roof structure, and wherein the materials for installation are configured to be placed on at least one of the first arm and the second arm such that one or both of the first arm and the second arm, respectively, are positioned between the roof structure and the materials; and a load arm coupled at each respective end portion of the first arm and the second arm, the load arm angled relative to the first arm and the second arm, and the load arm configured as a mechanical stop to inhibit pitch translation of the materials placed on at least one of the first arm and the second arm, wherein both of the first arm and the second arm are configured to rotate 360 degrees around the ridge member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first arm, the second arm, and each said load arm as a combined unit have a payload capacity which is greater than a material weight of the combined unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein each said load arm includes a length configured to stop the materials in a stacked configuration. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein one or more of the first arm, the second arm, and the load arms are detachable from the ridge member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the ridge member includes an attachment element configured to receive one or more securing straps. ### Claim 6 An apparatus for staging materials on a roof structure, the apparatus comprising: a ridge member; a first arm rotatably coupled to the ridge member and extending outward, relative to the ridge member, in a first plane angled relative to a first pitch of the roof structure; a second arm rotatably coupled to the ridge member and extending outward, relative to the ridge member, in a second plane angled relative to a second pitch of the roof structure, wherein the ridge member is configured to be positioned at an apex between the first pitch and the second pitch along a ridge of the roof structure, and wherein the materials for installation are configured to be placed on at least one of the first arm and the second arm such that one or both of the first arm and the second arm, respectively, are positioned between the roof structure and the materials; and a load arm coupled at each respective end portion of the first arm and the second arm, the load arm angled relative to the first arm and the second arm, and the load arm configured as a mechanical stop to inhibit pitch translation of the materials placed on at least one of the first arm and the second arm, wherein the ridge member includes an attachment element configured to receive one or more securing straps, wherein the attachment element includes a u-shaped bracket. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein one or both of the ridge member and the first and/or second arm include an anchor mechanism configured to anchor the ridge member to the roof structure. ### Claim 8 An apparatus for staging materials on a roof structure, the apparatus comprising: a ridge member; a first arm rotatably coupled to the ridge member and extending outward, relative to the ridge member, in a first plane angled relative to a first pitch of the roof structure; a second arm rotatably coupled to the ridge member and extending outward, relative to the ridge member, in a second plane angled relative to a second pitch of the roof structure, wherein the ridge member is configured to be positioned at an apex between the first pitch and the second pitch along a ridge of the roof structure, and wherein the materials for installation are configured to be placed on at least one of the first arm and the second arm such that one or both of the first arm and the second arm, respectively, are positioned between the roof structure and the materials; and a load arm coupled at each respective end portion of the first arm and the second arm, the load arm angled relative to the first arm and the second arm, and the load arm configured as a mechanical stop to inhibit pitch translation of the materials placed on at least one of the first arm and the second arm, wherein one or both of the ridge member and the first and/or second arm include an anchor mechanism configured to anchor the ridge member to the roof structure, wherein the anchor mechanism includes an eyelet bracket. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a foot coupled to each of the first arm and the second arm, the foot configured to be positioned between the roof structure and each of the first arm and the second arm. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the foot is configured to provide one or more of: (i) support to the first arm and the second arm, (ii) friction between the roof structure and the first arm and the second arm, and (iii) additional working space. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein one or more of the first arm, the second arm, and each said load arm include a traction element on surfaces configured to interface with the materials. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a safety mechanism configured to receive one or more personnel-securing elements for securing a person to the roof structure. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the safety mechanism is securable to the roof structure. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first arm and the second arm are adjustable according to the first pitch and the second pitch, respectively. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first arm, the second arm, and the load arms are sized and shaped to receive solar panels as the materials. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a third arm rotatably coupled to the ridge member and extending outward, relative to the ridge member, in the first plane angled relative to the first pitch of the roof structure, the third arm and the first arm configured as a tandem support section; and a fourth arm rotatably coupled to the ridge member and extending outward, relative to the ridge member, in the second plane angled relative to the second pitch of the roof structure, the fourth arm and the second arm configured as another tandem support section. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a load arm coupled at each respective end portion of the third arm and the fourth arm, the load arm angled relative to the third arm and the fourth arm, and the load arm configured as a mechanical stop to inhibit pitch translation of the materials placed on at least one of the third arm and the fourth arm. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first arm, the second arm, and each said load arm are sized and shaped to support the materials without any additional arms attached to the ridge member. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first arm and the second arm are offset relative to each other in a direction parallel to the ridge member.