Sliding clip with extended travel

A floating clip for a standing seam roof, the standing seam roof having roof panels interconnected by a standing seam, the sliding clip comprising:

• a clip base;
• a clip tab having an upper portion configured to engage the standing seam;
• means for connecting the clip tab to the clip base for sliding movement of the clip tab in a travel path;
• means for determining the length of the travel path to extend for a distance up to substantially the sum of the lengths of the clip base and the clip tab in either of opposing directions along the travel path.

In a standing seam roof for a building having a roof with adjacent roof panels supported by underlying support structure and joined by a standing seam, an improved sliding clip comprising:

• a clip base adapted to be attached to the support structure;
• a clip tab configured to be connected to the standing seam;
• a slidably interlocking joint between the clip tab and the clip base adapted to permit sliding movement of the clip tab along a slide path on the clip base;
• and
• means for limiting the travel path so that the clip tab is permitted to travel a selected distance along the full length of the clip base so that the length of the slide path can be greater than the length of the longest of the clip base and the clip tab in either of opposing directions along the slide path.

In a standing seam roof assembly in which roof panels are supported by underlying support structure in overlapping edge relationship to form a standing seam assembly, an improved clip comprising:

• a clip base;
• a clip tab slidingly supported by the clip base along a slide track;
• and
• means for determining the permitted travel distance of the clip tab along the slide track, said means having at least two pairs of interfering slide stops, each pair of interference slide stops having one stop member on the clip base and one element on the clip tab, the stop members of each pair of interfering slide stops disposed to permit sliding extension of the clip base and clip tab to each other along the slide track in a selected one of a first and second direction so that said travel distance can be is up to greater than the length of the longest of the clip base and the clip tab.