Standing seam mounting brackets
OwnerScott G. Bondinventor
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Abstract
A standing seam mounting bracket and a method of using two or three to provide attachment points along a standing seam roof is provided. The standing seam mounting brackets enable complementary use of commonly-owned equipment for enabling roof maintenance and construction. The standing seam mounting brackets may be used in concert with roof jacks, roof ladders, scaffolding members and the like that are commonly owned by most contractors so as to facilitate safe and easy horizontal and vertical movement along the sloped roof.
Claims21
1-7. (canceled)
A method for securing a rectangular cross member to a standing seam roof, comprising:
- removably sandwiching a first mated portion of the standing seam roof between a first compression member and a rear surface of a planar base of a first mounting bracket, the first mounting bracket further comprising a front surface opposite the rear surface, an opening extending between the front surface and the rear surface, and a bottom side, the bottom side being substantially parallel to a planar upper surface of the standing seam roof;
- and
- inserting a first end of the rectangular cross member through the opening such that a first surface of the rectangular cross member is substantially parallel to the planar upper surface.
A method, comprising:
- attaching a first mounting bracket to a first mated portion of a standing seam roof;
- attaching a second mounting bracket to a second mated portion of the standing seam roof that is parallel to the first mated portion;
- and
- extending a rectangular piece of lumber between the first and second mounting brackets to form a brace that is substantially perpendicular to the first mated portion.
A method, comprising:
- removably attaching a bracket to a mated portion of a standing seam roof such that a closed-perimeter opening through a substantially planar surface of the bracket is elongated in a same direction in which the mated portion extends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.