Flashing system
OwnerJesse Lee Dawsoninventor
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Abstract
A flashing system includes a one-piece reglet and a one-piece counterflashing. The reglet has a cross-section including a central shaft with a C-shaped channel at its first end forming a sealant pocket and an L-shaped portion formed at its second end having a stem extending perpendicularly in the same direction as a leg of the C-shaped channel. A receiver descends parallel to the central shaft from a stem of the C-shaped channel. The counterflashing has a cross-section including a central bar having a right angle at each end with a first wall extending from the first right angle and a second wall extending from the second right angle. The counterflashing engages the reglet. The first wall has a tip bent at an acute angle to form a top clip. The second wall a tip bent at an obtuse angle to form a drip edge.
Claims10
A flashing system, comprising:
- a unitary reglet having a cross-section including:
- a central shaft with
- a substantially C-shaped channel formed at a first end thereof, having a leg extending in a first direction perpendicular to the central shaft, the substantially C-shaped channel forming a sealant pocket;
- a receiver descending parallel to the central shaft;
- and
- a first L-shaped portion formed at a second end of the central shaft, having a first stem extending perpendicularly therefrom;
- and
- a unitary counterflashing having a cross-section including:
- a central bar having a first right angle at a first end thereof and a second right angle opposite the first right angle at a second end thereof,
- a first wall extending from the first right angle with a tip bent at an acute angle to form a top clip, and
- a second wall extending from the second right angle with a tip bent at an obtuse angle to form a drip edge;
- wherein the unitary counterflashing is operative to engage the unitary reglet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.