Hail Event Recorders
OwnerThomas R.C. Moffattinventor
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Abstract
Hail event recorders are provided which are useful in assessing the occurrence and severity of hail on roofing components, including shingles. An article as provided herein is in some embodiments attached to a roof, and a subsequent hail storm causes a physical change in a recording panel surface present on the hail damage recorder. Providing a plurality of standardized test swatches created under laboratory conditions of varying bombardments of different-sized hail and at different velocities and angles of attack enables comparison of a deformed recording panel surface to the laboratory-created test swatches, enabling verification of the occurrence of a hail event, and its severity.
Claims13
A hail event recorder useful for determining the occurrence and severity of hail damage comprising:
- a) a substantially planar base portion having a length dimension, a width dimension, and a thickness;
- b) a recording panel surface having a length dimension, a width dimension and a thickness, and being removably-attached to said base portion in such fashion as provides a gap between said recording panel surface and said base portion;
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- c) provision for attaching said recorder to the surface of a structure that is to be evaluated,
- said recording panel surface being a calibrated recording panel surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.