Insulation plate placement tool and method of operation thereof
AssigneeEverhard Products, Inc.
InventorsAndrew J Horner, Roy S Ailstock
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Abstract
A hand tool for placing a single insulation plate at one time atop an insulation board or a vapor barrier or membrane on a flat or low slope roof. The hand tool has a flexible member that carries a releasable connector having a grip strength that releasably retains one insulation plate. The flexible member flexes between a neutral first position and a flexed second position. When the flexible member is flexed towards the second position, the releasable connector releases the insulation plate to place the insulation plate in a desired location atop the insulation board or vapor barrier on the flat or low slope roof.
Claims18
A method of placing an insulation plate in a desired location with a hand tool comprising:
- connecting an insulation plate to a releasable connector carried by a flexible member disposed adjacent a distal end of an elongated handle that is generally rigid relative to a placement flexing direction of the flexible member;
- moving the insulation plate adjacent a desired location that the insulation plate is to be placed on a flat or low slope roof;
- flexing the flexible member from a neutral first position to a flexed second position, wherein the flexible member has a longitudinal axis in the neutral first position;
- releasing the insulation plate from the releasable connector;
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- disposing the insulation plate in the desired location atop one of an insulation board and a vapor membrane on the flat or low slope roof.
A method for placing an object on a flat or low slope roof comprising:
- coupling an object, the object having an at least partially flat bottom, to a flexible member disposed adjacent an end of a handle, wherein the flexible member has a flexing direction, and wherein the flexible member has a longitudinal axis in a neutral first position;
- moving the object adjacent a desired location that the object is to be placed on a flat or low slope roof;
- flexing the flexible member from the neutral first position to a flexed second position, wherein the at least partially flat bottom of the object is offset to one side of the longitudinal axis when the flexible member is in the neutral first position and wherein the at least partially flat bottom of the object intersects the longitudinal axis as the flexible member flexes from the neutral first position towards the flexed second position;
- releasing the object from the flexible member;
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- disposing the object in the desired location atop the flat or low slope roof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.