US 2019/0316360 A1 · APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR A NONINVASIVE ROOF ATTACHMENT SYSTEM WITH VERTICAL MEMBERS

Abstract

A non-slip roof attachment system for attaching structures to residential and commercial roofs without the use of penetrations to roofing shingles and sealing layers is described. The non-slip attachment system may be used to attach roof mounted systems such as solar panels. The non-slip attachment system also allows for the quick removal of such roof mounted systems rapidly and without the need for repair of penetrations. The non-slip attachment system uses, among other things, an array-stay retainer comprising a vertical member and a horizontal member. A high friction foam polymer padding is used to further secure the non-slip attachment system to the roof.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A non-slip retainer attachment system for roofing structures comprising:

an array stay comprising a vertical member that protrudes through a seam between a first shingle and a second shingle arranged in a pattern on a roof with the first shingle separated from the second shingle via a seam and a lateral member that lies underneath one or both of the first shingle and the second shingle;
a first hole in the vertical member of the array stay;
a first beam comprising a second hole;
a fastening component penetrating the first hole in the vertical member and the second hole in the first beam thereby fixedly attaching the first beam to the array stay;
and
a ballast, wherein the ballast comprises a pre-drilled ballast hole and a frictional support pad having a frictional support pad hole, and wherein the vertical member of the array stay passes through the pre-drilled ballast hole and the frictional support pad hole.

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A method for reversibly attaching items to a roofing system, the method comprising:

placing a first array-stay retainer attachment upon a roof, wherein the first array-stay retainer comprises a lateral member and a vertical member, and wherein the lateral member of the first array-stay retainer attachment comprises a bar and is positioned underneath at least a first installed roofing shingle and a second installed roofing shingle, and the vertical member of the first array-stay retainer attachment protrudes through a seam between the first roofing shingle and the second roofing shingle, and wherein the seam lies between an edge of the first roofing shingle and an edge of the second roofing shingle and said vertical member;
placing a second array-stay retainer attachment upon the roof, wherein a lateral member of the second array-stay retainer attachment is positioned underneath at least a third roofing shingle and a vertical member of the second array-stay retainer attachment protrudes through a seam between the third roofing shingle and a fourth roofing shingle, and wherein the seam lies between an edge of the third roofing shingle and an edge of the fourth roofing shingle;
placing a first half split-beam upon the roof, wherein the first half split-beam comprises a first pre-drilled hole;
aligning the first pre-drilled hole with a hole in the first array-stay retainer attachment;
placing a second half split-beam upon the roof roughly parallel with the first half split-beam, wherein the second half split-beam comprises a second pre-drilled hole;
aligning the second pre-drilled hole with a hole in the second array-stay retainer attachment;
placing a fastener into the hole in the first array-stay retainer attachment and through a hole in the first half split-beam;
attaching a slotted-rail attachment clip to at least the first half split-beam;
and
attaching a support member to the slotted rail attachment clip.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/428,012Filed 31 May 2019

Priority

29 Dec 2015

Published

17 Oct 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification32 codes

E04D 13/00
Special arrangements or devices in connection with roof coverings
F24S 25/00
Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules
F24S 25/30
Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules: using elongate rigid mounting elements extending substantially…
F24S 25/40
Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules: using plate-like mounting elements, e.g. profiled or corrugated…

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