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US 7,603,808 B2Granted
Vegetation roofing system
AssigneeColumbia Green Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMark M. Carpenter, Raymond B. DuVal, III
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Abstract
A vegetation roofing tray comprising an interconnecting lip is provided. The interconnecting lip on the sidewall of a tray engages with a sidewall of an adjacent tray, securely interconnecting the adjacent trays side-by-side together. A securing device penetrating the sidewalls of adjacent trays may also be used to secure the adjacent trays together.
Claims30
A vegetation roofing system comprising:
- a first tray;
- a second tray adjacent to the first tray;
- each of the first tray and the second tray including:
- a bottom panel;
- a plurality of vertical side panels interconnected at corners;
- and
- at least one drain hole disposed in the bottom panel to release liquid from each of the first tray and the second tray;
- wherein an interconnecting lip formed in at least one of the vertical side panels couples adjacent vertical side panels of the first and second trays;
- a walk pad trim flashing connected to the first tray via an interconnecting lip along a first one of the vertical side panels of the first tray;
- a walk pad connected to the walk pad trim flashing and extending along substantially entire length of the first one of the vertical side panels of the first tray;
- and
- a walk pad wall flashing connected to the walk pad and a wall;
- the interconnecting lip including a U-shaped upper edge integrally formed along an upper edge of the at least one of the vertical side panels and overlapping a straight upper edge of an adjacent vertical side panel so as to cover an entire length of a gap between the corners of the adjacent vertical side panels of the first and second trays.
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A vegetation roofing tray, comprising:
- a bottom panel;
- at least four vertical side panels interconnected at corners and integrally formed with the bottom panel;
- and
- at least one drain hole in the bottom panel to release liquid from the vegetation roofing tray;
- wherein two of the vertical side panels include a U-shaped upper edge integrally formed along an entire length of each of the two vertical side panels between the corners and two of the vertical side panels include a straight upper edge mutually arranged so that the straight upper edge can be received in the U-shaped upper edge of an adjoining tray along an entire length of the adjacent tray, the U-shaped upper edge overlapping opposed faces of the side panels so that soil and water fall into the adjoining trays.
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A vegetation roofing system, comprising:
- a first tray;
- and
- a second tray adjacent to the first tray;
- each of the first tray and the second tray including:
- a bottom panel;
- a plurality of vertical side panels;
- and
- wherein the plurality of vertical side panels are integrally formed with the bottom panel;
- and
- at least one drain hole disposed in the bottom panel to release liquid from each of the first tray and the second tray;
- wherein an interconnecting lip couples adjacent vertical side panels of the first and second trays, the interconnecting lip being formed by a U-shaped upper edge integrally formed along an entire length of one of the adjacent vertical side panels between corners thereof and overlapping a straight upper edge of the other of the adjacent vertical side panels so as to cover a gap between the first tray the second tray.
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A vegetation roofing tray, comprising:
- a bottom panel, the bottom panel including;
- a plurality of raised ribs extending in parallel along a substantially entire length of the bottom panel;
- a plurality of recessed flutes interposed between the raised ribs and extending in parallel along the substantially entire length of the bottom panel;
- and
- a plurality of drain holes disposed on the raised ribs to release liquid from the vegetation roofing tray;
- four vertical side panels interconnected at corners, each of the vertical side panels including a connecting hole, wherein two adjacent vertical side panels include an integrally-formed U-shaped upper edge extending along the vertical side panels and two adjacent vertical side panels include a straight upper edge mutually arranged so that the straight upper edge can be received in the U-shaped upper edge of an adjacent tray;
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- a notch disposed in a corner between the two adjacent vertical side panels that includes the U-shaped upper edge, the notch configured to receive corners of vertical side panels of adjacent trays;
- the U-shaped upper edge extending along an entire length of the vertical side panels between the corners so as to overlap any gap between vertical side panels of adjacent trays.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.