Roof tile fastening clip

A roofing tile clip for use in affixing roofing tiles to a roofing structure;

• said roofing structure having a tiling batten disposed to support said tiles thereon, said batten having a first longitudinal axis a'--a';
• a lower tile supportable by said batten having an upper part;
• an upper tile having a lower side portion, said upper part being overlappable by said lower side portion of said upper tile;
• said roofing tile clip for securing said upper tile to a planar surface of said batten, having first and second ends being normally upper and lower ends respectively;
• said first and second ends being of unitary construction and forming opposite ends of a central body portion of said clip;
• holding means at said normally upper end of said clip disposed for engaging said lower side portion of said upper tile;
• fixing means for securing said normally lower end of said clip to said batten, and wherein:
• said clip includes an integral foot having a second longitudinal axis c'--c' and extending laterally towards said batten, first and second apertures coaxial with and spaced from one another along a third axis e'--e' and being formed in said foot, said fixing means including a captive nail engaged in, and frictionally constrained against movement through said apertures in said foot, the axis of the apertures and of the foot being formed at an angle e with respect to the first longitudinal axis a'--a' and at an incline f with respect to a plane formed by said batten surface.