Articulating roofing panel clip

A clip, used to support a standing seam, formed by adjacent roofing panels, on a purlin, comprising:

• a top piece having an upwardly extending portion adapted to engage a portion of said standing seam, a pair of opposed, horizontally extending shoulders adapted to support a portion interior of one of the roofing panels forming said standing seam, and a downwardly projecting bottom portion provided with a pair of opposed apertures;
• a middle movement facilitating piece, said middle piece having a top, a bottom, a longitudinal slot proximate said top and an aperture proximate said bottom;
• an L-shaped base including a substantially vertical surface and a substantially horizontal surface, said substantially vertical surface being provided with an aperture alignable with the aperture in the faciliating piece, said substantially horizontal surface being engageable with a portion of said purlin;
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• first connecting means extending through said slot in said middle movement facilitating piece and said opposed apertures in said moveable top piece to hold said middle piece and said top piece in close proximal relation to one another while allowing said top piece to be slideably displaceable relative to said middle piece;
• and second connecting means extending through said aperture in said substantially vertical surface of said base and said aperture in said middle piece to hold said middle piece in close proximal relation to said base and to enable said middle piece to be rotatably displaceable relative to said base.

A clip for assembly of two roofing panels, interconnected by a standing seam, on a purlin, comprising:

• a bracket, attachable to a purlin, and configured to fit within and engage said standing seam;
• said bracket including a separate central component, an upper component and a lower component,
• said central component disposed inbetween, and interconnecting, said upper component and said lower component, said central component being pivotally connected to said lower component to provide for relative rotational movement between said lower component and said upper component;
• said lower component being attachable to said purlin and said upper component configured to fit within and engage said standing seam.

A clip, used to support a standing seam, formed by adjacent roofing panels, on a purlin, comprising:

• a top piece having an upwardly extending portion adapted to engage a portion of said standing seam, and a horizontally extending shoulder adapted to support a portion of a roofing panel forming said standing seam, said shoulder extending along the length of the top piece, said top piece also having a downwardly projecting bottom portion provided with a pair of opposed apertures;
• a middle movement facilitating piece, said middle piece having a top, a bottom, a longitudinal slot approximate said top, and an aperture proximate said bottom;
• an L-shaped base including a substantially vertical surface and a substantially horizontal surface, said substantially vertical surface being provided with an aperture alignable with said aperture in the middle movement facilitating piece, said substantially horizontal surface being engageable with at least a portion of said purlin;
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• first connecting means extending through said slot in said middle movement facilitating piece and said opposed apertures in said movable top piece to hold said middle piece and said top piece in close proximal relation to one another while allowing said top piece to be slidably displaceable relative to said middle piece;
• and second connecting means extending through said aperture in said substantially vertical surface of said base and said aperture in said middle piece in close proximal relation to said base and to enable said middle piece to be rotatably displaceable relative to said base.

A clip for attaching a standing seam metallic roof to a purlin wherein adjacent longitudinal edges to two adjacent roof panels in the roof are joined together to form a standing longitudinal seam, the interior of the seam facing toward the purlin, comprising:

• an upper support structure positionable below the standing seam and configured to extend upward to engage the seam along the interior of the seam, said upper support structure including a shoulder extending horizontally to engage a portion of one of the two adjacent panels;
• an L-shaped base having an upward extending first leg and a horizontally extending second leg, said second leg adapted to be attached securely to the purlin;
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• a bearing member between the upper support structure and the L-shaped base, said bearing member interconnecting said upper support structure and said first leg of said base in a manner to enable both longitudinally slideable and rotational movements of said support stucture and said base relative to one another.