Support structures on roofs
AssigneeT&M Inventions, LLC
InventorsTimothy Pendley, Michael J. McLain
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Abstract
This invention provides upper diverters which are used on support structures on roofs, Such upper diverter has a lower flange which interfaces with the respective roof panel, and an upstanding wall which extends up from the lower flange. The upper diverter diverts water, flowing down the roof, laterally away from the respective roof panel.
Claims21
An upper diverter, configured to be mounted on a sloping roof of a building, said upper diverter having a first length and comprising:
- (a) a lower flange (410), said lower flange having a second length extending along a substantial portion of the first length of said upper diverter, and
- (b) an upstanding wall forming a joint with said lower flange at a lower edge of said upstanding wall, the joint extending generally along the second length of said lower flange, said upstanding wall extending upwardly from the joint to an upper edge of said upstanding wall,
- and wherein, in a view of said upper diverter taken from an angle perpendicular to said lower flange, lines representing the upper and lower edges of said upstanding wall converge.
An upper diverter configured to be mounted on a sloping roof of a building, said upper diverter having a first length and comprising:
- (a) a lower flange (410), said lower flange having a second length extending along a substantial portion of the first length of said upper diverter, and
- (b) an upstanding wall forming a joint with said lower flange at a lower edge of said upstanding wall, the joint extending generally along the second length of said lower flange, said upstanding wall comprising an upper web (415) defining a first projected angle, having a first magnitude relative to said lower flange, and a diversion web (420) defining a second included angle, greater than the first angle, relative to said lower flange.
An upper diverter, configured to be mounted on a sloping roof of a building, said upper diverter having a first length and opposing first and second ends and comprising:
- (a) a lower flange (410) extending along a substantial portion of the first length;
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- (b) an upstanding wall forming a joint with said lower flange at a lower edge of said upstanding wall, the joint extending generally along the second length of said lower flange, said upstanding wall having opposing first and second sides and extending upwardly from the joint to an upper edge of said upstanding wall, the upper edge of said upstanding wall having a third end corresponding to the first end of said upper diverter and a fourth end corresponding to the second end of said upper diverter,
- said lower flange being disposed on the first side of said upstanding wall, at least a portion of said upstanding wall, at the first end of said upper diverter, extending beyond the third end of the upper edge of said upstanding wall,
- a rib closure wall (440) being disposed on the first side of said upstanding wall and extending from a location at the fourth end of said upstanding wall, away from said upstanding wall, and upwardly above said lower flange, said rib closure wall having at least one panel thereof which is perpendicular to the upper edge of said upstanding wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.