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US 6,079,167 AGranted
Continuous ridge skylight system
OwnerWilliam P. Voegele, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A building skylight system providing novel and improved cooperation between the skylight and a standing seam roof structure to accommodate thermally induced movement of the standing seam roof panels.
Claims15
In a pitched building roof with a skylight installed thereon, the combination comprising:
- roof panel means extending along the plane of the building roof and having a terminal end portion located adjacent the uppermost elevation of the building roof;
- said roof panel means being secured with respect to the building in a manner to accommodate relative movement of said terminal end toward and away from said uppermost elevation;
- skylight means overlying said terminal end portion and extending at least to said uppermost elevation;
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- said skylight means including flexible means which flexes to accommodate relative movement of said terminal end portion toward and away from said uppermost elevation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.