Water conducting members spaced between spaced exposed building support beams
OwnerLeo Thomas Thibodeauinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A simple and effective means for conducting water away from a building wherein exposed spaced beams are used as a supporting surface, such as used in a carport roof or a sundeck floor, comprised of an elongated tapered channel member positioned within the space between the beams and serving to receive water at one end and conducting it to a gutter disposed at the other end.
Claims7
A horizontal support surface comprising a plurality of spaced apart elongated beams, an elongated unitary channel member disposed in each of the spaces and being of substantially the same length as said beams and of a width substantially filling the space for conducting fluid therethrough, each of said channel members being comprised of a base, side walls extending upwardly from opposite sides of the base, said side walls tapering from a narrow portion at one end to a wider portion at the other end causing said base to slope downwardly from said one end to said other end, means securing said side walls of each channel member to the beams adjacent thereto, and spaced apart horizontally disposed floor boards positioned transversely over and substantially covering the alternating beams and channel members, and means securing the floor boards to the beams.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.