Interlocking skylight and roof panel assembly
AssigneePatio Encolsures, Inc.
InventorJeffrey A. Nowell
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Abstract
An interlocking skylight and roof panel assembly includes a skylight unit having a glazing unit with a plurality of sides and a frame assembly secured around the glazing unit. The frame assembly includes a channel shaped first frame member having a first leg, a spaced second leg and a third leg interconnecting the first and second legs. Each of the first and second legs includes an inwardly turned flange. A roof panel includes a first skin, a spaced second skin and a panel of material secured therebetween. Defined along one edge of the roof panel are a pair of spaced channels. The inwardly turned flanges of the skylight unit frame assembly can be interlocked into the edge channels of the roof panel.
Claims20
A prefabricated skylight unit and roof panel assembly comprising:
- a skylight comprising:
- a glazing unit having a plurality of sides;
- a glazing boot encircling said glazing unit and being secured thereto;
- a frame assembly secured around said glazing unit, said frame assembly comprising a first frame member comprising a first leg, a spaced second leg and a third leg interconnecting said first and second legs, each of said first and second legs including an inwardly turned flange;
- and,
- a roof panel having edge grooves which are selectively interlocked with said inwardly turned flanges of said frame assembly first and second legs.
A modular roofing structure having a skylight, the structure comprising:
- a skylight unit comprising:
- a glazing unit having a plurality of sides, and
- a frame assembly secured around said glazing unit, said frame assembly comprising a channel-shaped first frame member comprising a first leg, a spaced second leg and a third leg interconnecting said first and second legs, each of said first and second legs including an inwardly turned flange;
- and,
- a roof panel comprising a first skin, a spaced second skin and a panel of material secured therebetween, said first and second skins comprising edge grooves, wherein said roof panel edge grooves are selectively interlocked with said inwardly turned flanges of said first frame member.
An interlocking skylight and roof panel assembly comprising:
- a skylight unit comprising:
- a glazing unit having a plurality of sides, and
- a frame assembly secured around said glazing unit, said frame assembly comprising a channel-shaped first frame member comprising a first leg, a spaced second leg and a third leg interconnecting said first and second legs, each of said first and second legs including an inwardly turned flange;
- and,
- a roof panel comprising a first skin, a spaced second skin and a panel of material secured therebetween, defined along one edge of said roof panel are a first channel located in said first skin and a second channel located in said second skin, wherein said roof panel edge channels are selectively interlocked with said inwardly turned flanges of said skylight unit first frame member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.