Easy-to-install roof screen system
AssigneeRoyal Roofing Co., Inc.
InventorRyan W. Bruce
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Abstract
A roof screen system comprises a number of triangular frames assembled from aluminum beams held together with pivotable clamps. Such clamps also bolt down onto roof footers with flashing boots that prevent roof leaks. A number of clips are attached to the upright triangular frames. Horizontal rails are then attached with the clips to the triangular frames, and screen panels are hung and attached to the rails. The pivotable clamps allow a slip-connection anywhere along the aluminum beams that can be locked down with ordinary wrenches. As such, the screen panels can be tilted back or forward to accommodate painted signs, electric signs, advertising, and even solar photovoltaic panels.
Claims16
A roof-screen framing system, comprising:
- a plurality of triangular frames of extruded-metal beams and including a front frame beam, a bottom frame beam, and a diagonal brace beam;
- a plurality of pivotable clamps, wherein one each is used to join an end of said front frame beam, bottom frame beam, and diagonal brace beam by clamping it to a longitudinal section of an adjoining beam length, and such that a whole assembly causes each triangular frame to lock together;
- a plurality of parallel rails mounted one above the other to said front frame beam;
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- a pair of roof footers for each one of the plurality of triangular frames that is connected to support a corresponding said bottom frame beam with one each of the plurality of pivotable clamps.
A knuckle beam-connector assembly, comprising:
- a beam cap for slipping over an end of a first beam section and anchoring to it;
- a yoke and clamp providing for a slip-joint connection to a longitudinal section of a length of a second beam section and that can be locked in place;
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- a hinge connection that joins the beam cap and the yoke such that they can pivot.
A beam-to-rail attachment clip, comprising:
- a sheetmetal body bent into a V-section with a pair of opposing wings;
- a beam-hole in each of said opposing wings;
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- a locking dog-ear at each distal end of each said opposing wings for providing a locking mechanism that snaps into a respective box-channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.