# US 5,341,617 A · Roof tile fastening arrangement

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- Number: US 5,341,617 A
- Document ID: US5341617A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/076,909
- Filed: 1993-06-15
- Granted: 1994-08-30
- Earliest claimed: 1992-10-22
- Assignees: Monier Roof Tile Inc.
- Inventors: John F. Thomas; Paul S. Hensey
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5341617A

## CPC

- E04D 1/34: Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements
- E04D 12/004: {Battens}
- E04D 13/004: {Protection against birds, mice or the like (scaring devices for birds in general A01M29/00)}
- E04D 1/2916: {the fastening means taking hold directly on adjacent elements of the same row}
- E04D 2001/3417: {Synthetic, composite or molded material}
- E04D 2001/3461: {on the lateral edges of the roof covering elements}
- E04D 2001/3473: {fastening single roof elements to the roof structure with or without indirect clamping of neighbouring roof covering elements}
- E04D: ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F13/00)

## Abstract

A roof tile fastening arrangement secures each of a plurality of concrete roof tiles, disposed in side-by-side relation, to a birdstop mounted adjacent the lower edge of a roof support structure, by a plurality of clips extending between and secured to the side edges of the tiles and to the birdstop. Each of the clips has an upper curved lip portion extending over the side edge of an associated one of the tiles. In a first embodiment, each of the clips has a lower hook portion which hooks to a different one of a plurality of drain slots adjacent the base of the birdstop. The clip is made of resilient material and has a curved body portion which may be flexed to facilitate installation of the clip and which then assumes the curved configuration to hold the clip in tension between the side edge of the associated tile and the associated drain slot in the birdstop. The clip is of thin, planar configuration and is twisted so that the upper curved lip portion forms an essentially right angle relationship with the intermediate portion. In a second embodiment, each of the clips has a body portion extending through and secured within a different one of a plurality of apertures in the birdstop. The body portion extends through a reverse curve and has a plurality of notches in a surface thereof to facilitate engagement in the aperture within the birdstop. The body portion is of generally round cross-sectional configuration and the upper curved lip portion is of generally flat, planar cross-sectional configuration. In a third embodiment, each clip is made of resilient material and has a curved body portion terminating in a lower clasp portion which resiliently locks within a rectangular aperture in the birdstop. The lower clasp portion has a base disposed against one side of the birdstop and resilient upper and lower lip portions disposed against an opposite side of the birdstop.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A roof tile fastening arrangement comprising the combination of:
a roof support structure having a lower edge;
a facia member mounted on the roof support structure adjacent the lower edge thereof;
a plurality of tiles mounted side-by-side on the roof support structure and disposed on the facia member, each of the plurality of tiles having a pair of opposite side edges adjacent side edges of adjacent tiles;
a plurality of clips, each extending between and coupled to the facia member and to one of the pair of opposite side edges of one of the plurality of tiles; and
the facia member comprising a birdstop having a plurality of apertures therein and each of the clips having a lower clasp portion resiliently locked within one of the plurality of apertures in the birdstop.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The invention set forth in claim 1, wherein the lower clasp portion of each of the clips has a base disposed against one side of the birdstop at the one of the plurality of apertures and opposite upper and lower lip portions resiliently disposed against an opposite side of the birdstop at the one of the plurality of apertures.

### Claim 3

A roof tile clip having an upper curved lip portion for engaging a side edge of a tile, an opposite lower clasp portion for resiliently locking within an aperture in a roof structure, and an intermediate body portion which is curved through substantially a right angle between the upper curved lip portion and the lower clasp portion, the lower clasp portion having a pair of oppositely extending flanges and a pair of lip portions, at least one of the lip portions being resilient, and the pair of lip portions being disposed adjacent and spaced-apart from the pair of oppositely extending flanges.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The invention set forth in claim 3, wherein the clip is made of resiliently flexible material.

### Claim 5

A roof tile clip having an upper curved lip portion for engaging a side edge of a tile, an opposite lower clasp portion for resiliently locking within an aperture in a roof structure, and an intermediate body portion, the lower clasp portion including a base at a lower end of the intermediate body portion, the base having oppositely extending upper and lower flanges and resilient upper and lower lip portions disposed adjacent and spaced-apart from the upper and lower flanges respectively.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The invention set forth in claim 5, wherein the intermediate body portion is curved through at least a substantial portion of a right angle around an inside edge, the inside edge having a flanged portion extending laterally from opposite sides of the intermediate body portion and terminating at the upper flange of the base.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The invention set forth in claim 5, wherein the upper and lower lip portions are resiliently flexible relative to the upper and lower flanges in order to resiliently receive portions of a facia member on opposite sides of an aperture in the facia member between the upper and lower lip portions and the adjacent upper and lower flanges.