# US 8,782,973 B1 · Skylight guard

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- Number: US 8,782,973 B1
- Document ID: US8782973B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 13/151,958
- Filed: 2011-06-02
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2011-06-02
- Assignees: EverCo, LLC
- Applicants: Kristina M. Everingham; Thomas G. Coop
- Inventors: Kristina M. Everingham; Thomas G. Coop
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8782973B1

## CPC

- E04D 13/0335: {Skylight guards, security devices protecting skylights or preventing objects or persons from falling through skylight openings}
- E04D: ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F13/00)

## Abstract

A skylight guard for preventing people or objects from falling through a skylight of a roof panel on a roof provides a wire mesh screen and a plurality of hooks securable to the roof. Each hook includes a hook base, a hook wall and a hook flange. Each hook is securable to the roof using one or more roof fasteners. Each roof fastener can be disposed through a fastener hole predefined in the hook base, and each fastener may also extend through the roof panel into a supporting purlin positioned underneath the roof panel.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for covering a skylight on a roof, the roof including a roof panel and a roof panel surface, the roof defining an opening and the skylight spanning the opening, the apparatus comprising:
a wire mesh screen having a plurality of longitudinal wire strands, the screen being positioned above the skylight;
a first hook including a first hook base securable to the roof, the first hook including a first hook wall extending upward from the first hook base and a first hook flange extending from the first hook wall in a direction generally away from the screen;
a second hook including a second hook base securable to the roof, the second hook including a second hook wall extending upward from the second hook base and a second hook flange extending from the second hook wall in a direction generally away from the first hook;
a first purlin supporting the roof panel, wherein the first hook is aligned with the first purlin; and
a first fastener configured to extend from the first hook into the first purlin,
wherein a first one of the plurality of longitudinal wire strands is received in the first hook between the first hook base and the first hook flange and a second one of the plurality of longitudinal wire strands is received in the second hook between the second hook base and the second hook flange.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
the second hook aligned with the first purlin; and
a second fastener configured to extend from the second hook into the first purlin.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:
a third hook attached to the roof on the same side of the skylight as the first hook;
a fourth hook attached to the roof on the same side of the skylight as the second hook; and
a second purlin supporting the roof panel, wherein the third and fourth hooks are secured to the second purlin.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising:
a fifth hook attached to the roof on the same side of the skylight as the first and third hooks;
a sixth hook attached to the roof on the same side of the skylight as the second and fourth hooks; and
a third purlin supporting the roof panel, wherein the fifth and sixth hooks are secured to the third purlin.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising:
a third fastener extending from the third hook into the second purlin; and
a fourth fastener extending from the fourth hook into the second purlin.