High-visibility roof-drain cover
OwnerScott Arthur May May, Linda Mayinventors
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Abstract
The invention provides a high-visibility roof-drain cover comprising a roof-drain cover, a marked, reversible, elongated flag, and coupler means for mounting the flag to the roof-drain cover, wherein the flag extends upwardly from the roof-drain cover a sufficient distance that a top portion of the flag will remain visible above an accumulation of wind-blown debris and snow. The invention provides a first group of high-visibility roof-drain cover embodiments, each of which includes a novel roof-drain cover. The invention provides a second group of high-visibility roof-drain cover embodiments for retrofit, each of which includes a prior art roof-drain cover. The invention provides a third group of sub-assemblies for retrofit.
Claims25
A high-visibility roof-drain cover, comprising;
- a roof-drain cover;
- an elongated flag;
- and
- coupler means for mounting the flag to the roof-drain cover;
- such that the flag extends upwardly from the roof-drain cover a sufficient distance that a top portion of the flag will remain visible above an accumulation of wind-blown debris and snow.
A high-visibility roof-drain cover according to claim 18, wherein the gripping means for gripping the flag is a roll-up flag-grip.
A flag coupler subassembly, comprising:
- An elongated flag;
- and
- a flag coupler having a first end and a second end, the first end defining a first cavity adapted for mounting a base portion of the flag the first cavity, the second end defining a threaded cavity sized to accept a threaded stub attached to an upper portion of a roof-drain cover.
A roof-drain cover subassembly, comprising:
- A roof-drain cover;
- and
- a coupler strip defining a central threaded stub;
- wherein coupler strip is attached to the top of the roof-drain cover;
- and
- wherein the central threaded stub is sized to couple with the threaded cavity of a flag coupler subassembly to mount the flag of a flag coupler subassembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.