Roof mounting assembly
OwnerAlden T. Gibbsinventor
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Abstract
A roof mounting assembly includes rows of pans mounted to the understructure of a roof by hooking the pans around support tracks. Rows of roofing panels are mounted over the respective rows of pans with adjacent roofing panels generally abutting each other to create a joint located above the central area of an underlying pan so that the pan acts as a barrier to prevent rain water and the like from flowing through the joint and directly to the understructure. By using underlying pans to prevent leakage, it is possible to minimize the amount of panel overlapping. The panels are preferably mounted to the tracks by separate hook members. The upper end of each panel is between and against an overlying panel and an underlying track.
Claims45
A covering assembly for covering a roof or side of a structure comprising an understructure, a plurality of rows of elongated pans, a plurality of rows of covering panels, each of said pans having a generally flat central portion defined by elongated side edges joined by upper and lower edges, a hook structure extending generally from one of said upper and lower edges, said hook structure extending downwardly away from said central portion and generally parallel to said central portion and terminating in a free end disposed directly below and spaced from said central portion, said hook structure thereby including three mounting surfaces comprising said central portion and the downward extension and said free end, each of said pans being detachably mounted to said understructure by said hook structure being hooked around and against said understructure, adjacent rows of said pans being mounted to overlap each other with said lower edges of one row of said pans overlapping said upper edges of the adjacent row of said pans, each of said panels having elongated side edges joined by upper and lower edges, each of said rows of panels comprising adjacent panels having side edges disposed generally against each other to create sets of longitudinal joints at said side edges of adjacent panels, said panels being disposed over said pans and staggered with respect to said pans, said panels being detachably mounted to said understructure with said pans located at and below each of said joints, each of said joints being at a location between said side edges of said pans, said location of said pans being imperforate, said pans and said panels being compliantly and tightly mounted to said understructure, an undersurface of one of the pans being in contact with an outer surface of one of the panels, and said pans being of generally the same length as said panels at said location of said joint to generally prevent flow of water through said joint directly to said understructure.
A covering assembly for covering a roof or side of a structure comprising an understructure, a plurality of rows of elongated pans, a plurality of rows of covering panels, each of said pans having elongated side edges joined by upper and lower edges, each of said pans being mounted to said understructure, adjacent rows of said pans being mounted to overlap each other with said lower edges of one row of said pans overlapping said upper edges of said adjacent row of said pans, each of said panels having elongated side edges joined by upper and lower edges, said panels in each of said rows of panels comprising adjacent panels having side edges disposed generally against each other to create sets of longitudinal joints at said side edges of adjacent panels, said panels being disposed over said pans and staggered with respect to said pans, said panels being detachably mounted to said understructure, each of said joints being disposed over one of said pans at a location between said side edges of said pan, said location of said pan being imperforate, said pan being of generally the same length as said panels at said location of said joint to generally prevent flow of water through said joint directly to said understructure, said pan having an outer surface and an undersurface, said pan having an upper head end and a lower base end, a resilient mounting clip secured to said base end of said pan at said undersurface, said mounting clip being capable of resiliently flexing toward said undersurface in a direction perpendicular to the plane of said inner surface, said panel being mounted against said outer surface, said mounting clip being hooked over said understructure, said pans and said panels being compliantly and tightly mounted to said understructure, and said undersurface of one of said pans being in contact with an outer surface of one of said panels.
A method of covering at least a portion of a structure having an understructure comprising detachably mounting a plurality of rows of pans to the understructure by hooking the lower end of each pan around the understructure with adjacent rows of the pans being mounted in an overlapping fashion so that the lower edges of one row of pans overlaps the upper edges of an adjacent lower row of pans, the hooking being accomplished by a hook structure including the flat lower end of the pan and a downward bent portion and an inwardly bent portion below the flat lower end, detachably mounting rows of covering panels over the pans and to the understructure with the panels of each of the rows having side edges generally against each other to create sets of longitudinal joints disposed over an underlying pan and preventing flow of water through the joints directly to the understructure by means of the underlying pan being located at the joints.
A covering assembly for covering a roof or side of a structure comprising an understructure, a plurality of rows of elongated pans, a plurality of rows of covering panels, each of said pans having a generally flat central portion defined by elongated side edges joined by upper and lower edges, each of said pans having an upper head end and a lower base end, a fastening structure located generally at one of said upper and lower ends of said pans, said fastening structure extending downwardly away from said central portion and being secured to said understructure, each of said pans being detachably mounted to said understructure by said fastening structure, adjacent rows of said pans being mounted to overlap each other with said lower edges of one row of said pans overlapping said upper edges of the adjacent row of said pans, each of said panels having elongated side edges joined by upper and lower edges, said rows of panels comprising adjacent panels having side edges disposed generally against each other to create sets of longitudinal joints at said side edges of adjacent panels, said panels being disposed over said pans and staggered with respect to said pans, said panels being detachably mounted to said understructure with said pans located at and below each of said joints, each of said joints being at a location between said side edges of said pans, said location of said pans being imperforate, an undersurface of one of said pans being in contact with an outer surface of one of said panels, said understructure and rows of said pans and said panels comprising a plurality of surface to surface layers, and said plurality of surface to surface layers comprising said understructure being in contact with said head end of one of said pans which is in contact with one of said panels which is in contact with said base end of said pan which is in contact with said panel.
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