Bracket system for attaching a cantilevered pergola to a roof rafter
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Abstract
A bracket system, for suspending pergola beams from an existing structure, the existing structure having a vertical wall and roof rafters that each have a rafter top and a rafter end that extends beyond the vertical wall over a ground surface, each of the pergola beams having a supported end, including a plurality of brackets. Each bracket having a mounting assembly for attaching to one of the rafters, a support assembly for attaching the support end of one of the pergola beams, and a connecting assembly that suspends the support assembly from the mounting assembly. The pergola beams extend over the ground surface, away from the existing structure, supported only by the bracket at the support end and without any vertical supports.
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A bracket system, for suspending pergola beams from an existing structure, the existing structure having a vertical wall and roof rafters that each have a rafter top and a rafter end that extends beyond the vertical wall over a ground surface, each of the pergola beams having a supported end, comprising a plurality of brackets, each bracket having:
- a support assembly having a top, a first open end, a second open end, and a pair of side plates, the support assembly adapted for supporting one of the pergola beams with said pergola beam extending fully between the side plates and between the first open end and the second open end;
- a mounting assembly, including a mounting plate, the mounting plate having a top edge, an inside surface and an outside surface, the inside surface facing in the direction of the support assembly, the top edge extending at an acute angle from the top of the support assemble, the mounting assembly adapted to secure to one of the roof rafters with the roof rafter extending against the inside surface and the rafter top extending parallel to the top edge of the mounting plate;
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- a connecting assembly that is attached between the support assembly and the mounting assembly, the connecting assembly having a vertical arm that extends vertically between the support assembly and the mounting assembly, the vertical arm is attached to one of the side plates and to the outside edge of the mounting plate.
A bracket, for suspending a pergola beam from an existing structure, the existing structure having a vertical wall and roof rafters that each have a rafter top, a rafter bottom, and a rafter end that extends beyond the vertical wall over a ground surface, each of the pergola beams having a supported end, comprising:
- a support assembly having a top, a first open end, a second open end, and a pair of side plates, the support assembly adapted for supporting the pergola beam extending fully between the side plates and between the first open end and second open end;
- a mounting assembly including a mounting plate having a top edge, a rear edge, a front edge, an inside surface, and an outside surface, the mounting assembly is adapted to secure to one of the roof rafters with the roof rafter extending against the inside surface and the top edge extending towards the rafter top;
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- a connecting assembly positioned between the support assembly and the mounting assembly, the connecting assembly suspends the support assembly from the mounting assembly and provides a vertical offset separating the support assembly from the mounting assembly.
The bracket as recited in clam 14, wherein the support assembly has support holes extending through the side plates and through the bottom plate;
- and further comprising support fasteners adapted for extending through the support holes and into the pergola beams.
A method of suspending pergola beams from an existing structure, the existing structure having a vertical wall and roof rafters that each have a rafter top, a rafter bottom, rafter sides, and a rafter end that extends beyond the vertical wall over a ground surface, the rafter top of each roof rafter is covered by roofing material, each of the pergola beams having a supported end, using a plurality of brackets, each bracket having a mounting assembly, a support assembly, and a connecting assembly that secures to the support assembly to the mounting assembly, the mounting assembly of each of the brackets includes a mounting plate, the method comprising the steps of:
- attaching each of the brackets to the existing structure near the vertical wall by positioning the mounting assembly of each of the brackets below the rafter bottom of one of the roof rafters near the rafter end, raising the mounting assembly upwardly so that the mounting plate is adjacent to the said rafter side, and securing the mounting plate to said rafter side;
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- cantilevering each of the pergola beams over the ground surface by attaching the supported end of said pergola beam to the support assembly by one of the brackets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.