US 5,472,241 AGranted

Interiorly installable exterior surface mount

OwnerWalter Kosik, Jr., Ronald E. Sousainventors

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Abstract

An exterior surface mount for mounting a member such as a vent or pipe on an inclined roof or a wall of a building in which the member extends through an opening in the wall or roof. The mounting is disposable on the exterior of the wall or roof wholly from within the building. The mount includes an upper support or flashing member having a peripheral flange with dimensions that are larger than the opening so the flashing member covers completely the opening. The opening has one dimension larger than the smallest dimension of the flashing so that the flashing member can be slipped through the opening from the inside of the building and fitted on the outside of the wall or roof. A member receiving aperture is disposed within the flashing and is arranged to receive the vent or pipe. Gasketing is provided to seal any spaces between the aperture and the exterior of the member. An interior mounting device, such as a flange with fasteners or clamps, is disposed within the building to secure the flashing to the interior of the wall or roof from within the building. A seal or gasket is disposed between the peripheral flange and the exterior and is compressible to prevent the flow of water into the interior of the building from the exterior surface.

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Dependent claims

An exterior surface mount disposable on an exterior surface of a structure wholly from within the structure, and for supporting a member in an opening of the structure, said member extending from an interior of said structure through said opening to an exterior of said structure, said exterior surface mount comprising:

an exterior surface mount outer support member for supporting said member in said opening, said outer support member having a peripheral flange with dimensions sufficient to completely cover the opening in the structure, said peripheral flange dimensions including a first peripheral flange dimension which is smaller than one dimension of the opening, wherein said exterior surface mount outer support member is insertable through the opening from the interior of the structure for positioning said exterior surface mount outer support member on the exterior surface of the structure;
at least one outer support member seal, disposable between said peripheral flange and the exterior surface of the structure, for preventing flow of fluids between said peripheral flange and the exterior surface of the structure into the opening of the structure;
a member receiving aperture disposed within said exterior surface mount outer support member, for receiving the member to be supported;
a member receiving aperture seal adapted to be disposed around said member receiving aperture, for preventing the flow of fluid between said exterior surface mount outer support member and said member;
and
an interior mounting clamp operable from the interior of the structure, for clamping said exterior surface mount outer support member to the exterior surface of the structure from the interior of the structure, said interior mounting clamp adapted to provide a clamping force sufficient to support the member in said exterior surface mount outer support member and to prevent fluid flow between said peripheral flange and the exterior surface of the structure.

3 more elements

An exterior surface mount for supporting an outer venting container member communicating with a vent device extending through an opening in a structure larger than the vent device, said exterior surface mount comprising:

an exterior surface mount outer support member having a peripheral flange with dimensions larger than the opening in the structure, wherein said exterior surface mount outer support member is adapted to be slipped through the opening from an interior of the structure and to be fitted on the exterior of the structure to completely cover the opening, said exterior surface mount outer support member including a surface-engaging side and an exterior side;
a vent device receiving aperture disposed within said exterior surface mount outer support member for receiving said vent device;
a vent device seal disposed around said vent device receiving aperture, for sealing any spaces between said vent device receiving aperture and said vent device;
an outer venting container member attached to said exterior side of said exterior surface mount outer support member and having a rearward portion and an open forward portion, said rearward portion having a bottom opening adapted to contact said vent device;
an interior mounting device operable from the interior of the structure, for securing said exterior surface mount outer support member to the exterior surface of the structure;
and
an outer support member seal disposed on said peripheral flange of said exterior surface mount outer support member, for providing a watertight seal between said exterior surface mount outer support member and the exterior surface of the structure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/273,353Filed 11 Jul 1994 · continuation in part
Priority: 30 Apr 1993
Granted: 5 Dec 1995
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

E04D 13/1475
Specially adapted to the cross-section of the parts extending above the roof: wherein the parts extending above the roof have a generally…
E04D 13/1476
Specially adapted to the cross-section of the parts extending above the roof: wherein the parts extending above the roof have a generally circular…
E04D
Roof coverings