Adherable and weldable roofing accessories and related methods
AssigneeBmic LLC
InventorsNorman Chin, Li-Ying Yang
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Abstract
Some embodiments relate to a roofing accessory. The roofing accessory comprises a protruding member extending from a base member. The base member surrounds at least a portion of an outer edge of a bottom end of the protruding member. The base member has a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and an outer edge. The bottom surface of the base member has a weldable portion and an adherable portion between the weldable portion and the outer edge of the bottom end of the protruding member. The roofing accessory comprises an adhesive disposed on the adherable portion of the bottom surface of the base member. The adhesive is not disposed on the weldable portion of the bottom surface of the base member.
Claims16
A roofing accessory comprising:
- (a) a protruding member having a top end and a bottom end opposite the top end, with the bottom end of the protruding member having an outer edge;
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- (b) a base member surrounding at least a portion of the outer edge of the bottom end of the protruding member, the base member having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and an outer edge,
- wherein the bottom surface of the base member consists of an adherable portion including an adhesive and a weldable portion that is free of adhesive, with the adherable portion being between the weldable portion and the outer edge of the bottom end of the protruding member, and
- wherein the adherable portion of the base member is configured to adhere to a roofing substrate via the adhesive, and the weldable portion of the base member is configured to attach to the roofing substrate via welding.
A roofing system comprising:
- (a) a roofing substrate;
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- (b) a roofing accessory on the roofing substrate, the roofing accessory comprising:
- (i) a protruding member having a top end and a bottom end opposite the top end, with the bottom end of the protruding member having an outer edge;
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- (ii) a base member surrounding at least a portion of the outer edge of the bottom end of the protruding member, the base member having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and an outer edge,
- wherein the bottom surface of the base member consists of an adherable portion including an adhesive and a weldable portion that is free of an adhesive, with the adherable portion being between the weldable portion and the outer edge of the bottom end of the protruding member,
- wherein the adhesive adheres the adherable portion of the base member to the roofing substrate, and
- wherein at least a portion of the weldable portion of the base member is welded to the roofing substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.