Roof panel and roof structure
Assignee2724889 Ontario Inc.
InventorJacek STYRC
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Abstract
A roof structure is supported on legs and has a frame of interconnected structural members about the periphery. A flexible roof panel is connected to the structural members at a pair of opposed corners of the frame to lie in the plane of the structural members. A portion of the panel intermediate the opposed corners of the frame is connected to an adjacent leg below the plane of the structural members and tensioned to provide a curvature to the panel and thereby encourage shedding of water from the panel at the intermediate corner.
Claims14
A roof structure supported on legs and having a frame of interconnected structural members about the periphery, a flexible roof panel connected to the structural members at a pair of opposed corners of the frame to lie in the plane of the structural members, a portion of the panel intermediate the opposed corners of the frame being connected to an adjacent leg below the plane of the structural members and tensioned to provide a curvature to the panel and thereby encourage shedding of water from the panel at the intermediate corner.
A polygonal flexible panel for attachment to a framework, the edges of the panel meeting at vertices and a pair of opposed vertices have a plurality of connectors extending along edges extending from each of the opposed vertices, the connectors terminating prior to the adjacent vertex to provide an unencumbered portion of the edge remote from the opposed vertex, and a local reinforcement extends between a second pair of vertices located between the opposed vertices and terminating with connectors for securing to the framework.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.