Panelized roofing system
AssigneeBmic LLC
InventorJames A. Svec
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Abstract
A roofing system including a plurality of roofing panels that can be releasably secured to rafters or other supports of the roof by connectors. In embodiments, the connectors can include first and second connectors, each of which can include a plate with a projection extending therefrom, and with the plates defining flanges on each side of the projection. The plates of the first and second connectors are configured to seat on and at least partially extend along one of the rafters of the roof structure and along exterior facing surfaces of adjacent ones of the roofing panels to releasably secure the roofing panels to the rafters.
Claims7
A roofing system, comprising:
- a plurality of rafters;
- a plurality of roofing panels comprising at least a first roofing panel and a second roofing panel positioned on opposite sides of at least one rafter;
- a first connector positioned on the at least one rafter, between the at least one rafter and a bottom surface of each of the first roofing panel and the second roofing panel, and secured to the at least one rafter and to each of the first roofing panel and the second roofing panel such that the first roofing panel and second roofing panel are releasably secured to the at least one rafter;
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- a second connector positioned opposite the first connector along an upper surface of each of the first roofing panel and the second roofing panel;
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- wherein adjacent peripheral side portions of the first roofing panel and second roofing panel are engaged and held between the first connector positioned along the bottom surfaces of the first roofing panel and the second roofing panel and the second connector positioned along the upper surfaces of the first roofing panel and the second roofing panel so as to couple the first roofing panel and second roofing panel together along the at least one rafter;
- a membrane positioned over an upper surface of at least one of the first roofing panel and the second roofing panel and configured to at least partially overlap an upper surface of at least one roofing panel positioned downslope from the first roofing panel or the second roofing panel so as to form a seal configured to resist migration of water between the adjacent roofing panel and the first roofing panel or the second roofing panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.