Snow guard mounting assembly with a levered locking mechanism

A snow guard assembly adapted to be attached to a metal roof seam by a mounting assembly, said mounting assembly comprising:

• a mounting block having a seam-receiving groove formed in a bottom surface thereof, said seam-receiving groove being partially defined by a first internal side, an opposed second internal side, and an upper internal side interposed therebetween, said upper internal side being spaced apart from said bottom surface of said mounting block in a first direction, said seam-receiving groove extending longitudinally from a front end of said mounting block to a back end thereof in a longitudinal direction of said mounting block substantially perpendicular to said first direction;
• a first channel formed in said first internal side of said seam-receiving groove and extending in said longitudinal direction from a first end thereof to an opposed second end thereof;
• a second channel formed in said second internal side of said seam-receiving groove and extending in said longitudinal direction from a first end thereof to an opposed second end thereof;
• a first lever member disposed within said first channel and having a first end and an opposed second end defining a length, L1, extending therebetween in said longitudinal direction, and a first side and an opposed second side defining a width, W1, extending therebetween in a second direction substantially perpendicular to said first direction and said longitudinal direction, wherein said second side is adapted to contact a metal roof seam;
• a second lever member disposed within said second channel and having a first end and an opposed second end defining a length, L2, extending therebetween in said longitudinal direction, and a first side and an opposed second side defining a width, W2, extending therebetween in a second direction substantially perpendicular to said first direction and said longitudinal direction, wherein said second side is adapted to contact a metal roof seam;
• a first pivot member for pivotally securing one of said first end and said second end of said first lever member proximate one of said first end and said second end of said first channel such that the other end of said first lever member is freely translocatable from a position within said first channel to a position within said seam-receiving groove along said second direction toward a central axis of said seam-receiving groove;
• a second pivot member for pivotally securing one of said first and said second ends of said second lever member proximate one of said first and said second ends of said second channel such that the other end thereof is freely translocatable from a position within said second channel to a position within said seam-receiving groove along said second direction toward a central axis of said seam-receiving groove;
• a first coupling element having a terminal end extending through a first side of said mounting block and adapted to move inwardly toward said central axis of said seam-receiving groove and penetrate said first channel and engage a portion of said first lever member proximate the other end thereof;
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• a second coupling element having a terminal end extending through a second side of said mounting block and adapted to move inwardly toward said central axis of said seam-receiving groove and penetrate said second channel and engage a portion of said second lever member proximate the other end thereof.

A snow guard system adapted to be attached to a metal roof seam by a mounting assembly, said mounting assembly comprising:

• a mounting block having a seam-receiving groove formed in a bottom surface thereof, said seam-receiving groove being partially defined by a first internal side, an opposed second internal side, and an upper internal side interposed therebetween, said upper internal side being spaced apart from said bottom surface of said mounting block in a first direction, said seam-receiving groove extending longitudinally from a front end of said mounting block to a back end thereof in a longitudinal direction of said mounting block substantially perpendicular to said first direction;
• a first channel formed in said first internal side of said seam-receiving groove and extending in said longitudinal direction tom a first end thereof to an opposed second end thereof;
• another channel formed in said first internal side of said seam-receiving groove longitudinally spaced apart from said first channel and extending in said longitudinal direction from a first end thereof to an opposed second end thereof;
• a lever member disposed within said channel and having a first end and an opposed second end defining a length, L, extending therebetween in said longitudinal direction, and a first side and an opposed second side defining a width, W, extending therebetween in a second direction substantially perpendicular to said first direction and said longitudinal direction, wherein said second side is adapted to contact a metal roof seam and L is greater than or equal to 3 W;
• another lever member disposed within said another channel and having a first end and an opposed second end defining a length, LA, extending therebetween in said longitudinal direction, and a first side and an opposed second side defining a width, WA, extending therebetween in a second direction substantially perpendicular to said first direction and said longitudinal direction, wherein said second side is adapted to contact a metal roof seam and LA is greater than or equal to 3 WA;
• a pivot member for pivotally securing one of said first end and said second end of said lever member proximate one of said first end and said second end of said channel such that the other end of said lever member is freely translocatable from a position within said channel to a position within said seam-receiving groove along said second direction toward a central axis of said seam-receiving groove;
• another pivot member for pivotally securing one of said first end and said second end of said another lever member such that other end hereof is freely translocatable from a position within said another channel to a position within said seam-receiving groove along said second direction toward a central axis of said seam-receiving groove;
• a coupling element having a terminal end extending through a first side of said mounting block and adapted to move inwardly toward said central axis of said seam-receiving groove and penetrate said channel and engage a portion of said lever member proximate the. other end thereof;
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• another coupling element having a animal end extending through a first side of said mounting block and adapted to move inwardly toward said central axis of said seam-receiving groove and penetrate said another channel and engage a portion of said another lever member proximate the other end thereof.