Gravel stop
AssigneeW. P. Hickman Company
InventorJohn B. Hickman
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Abstract
The gravel stop is made of a springable material which has top and bottom portions joined by a horizontal and a sloping portion disposed therebetween. Since the material has spring characteristics, a fascia having a channel at the top and the bottom may be placed over the top edge and moved downwardly and released to have the bottom channel engage the bottom edge of the spring unit. Adhesive, nails or other attaching means may be employed to secure the spring unit to the material at the roof edge. The spring unit may be made of aluminum, stainless steel, galvanized steel, plastic and the like. A spring unit of galvanized steel was secured by Neoprene Construction Adhesive manufactured by Franklin Glue Co.
Claims12
In a spring unit forming a gravel stop at the edge of a roof made of a sheet of spring material having vertical, horizontal and angular portions forming a spring unit with top and bottom edges, means for supporting the unit along the edge of a roof on the horizontal portion with the vertical portion extending downwardly therefrom, the top of the angular portion being moved downwardly when the angular portion is deflected, and flat fascia members having channel elements along the top and bottom edges which face in opposite directions toward each other, the top and bottom edges of the spring unit extend within said channel elements when the angular portion of the spring unit is deflected downwardly and released to have the top and bottom edges thereof enter the facing channel elements at the top and bottom edges of the fascia members which are supported thereby.
In a spring unit construction as recited in claim 9, wherein the horizontal and angular portions of the unit are welded or otherwise secured together when separately formed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.