US 8,910,428 B2Granted

Storage building and a roof panel system for use with storage buildings

AssigneeThe ShedQuarters, Inc.

InventorsJames J. Rule, Gregg Wallner, James Aikman

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Abstract

A roof panel system for use with a portable building is described herein. The portable building includes a support frame including a first wall plate, an opposite second wall plate, and a ridge beam positioned above the first and second wall plates. The ridge beam and the first and second wall plates extend between the first end wall and the second end wall along a longitudinal axis. The roof panel system includes a first panel assembly adapted to be coupled between the ridge beam and the first wall plate and a second panel assembly adapted to be coupled between the ridge beam and the second wall plate. Each of the first and second panel assemblies includes a plurality of pre-assembled, modular roof panels that are adapted to be coupled together to form the first panel assembly and second panel assembly, respectively.

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Dependent claims

A method of assembling a portable building including a roof panel system, the portable building including a support frame including a first end wall, a second end wall, a first wall plate, an opposite second wall plate, and a ridge beam positioned above the first and second wall plates, the ridge beam and the first and second wall plates extending between the first end wall and the second end wall along a longitudinal axis, the roof panel system adapted to be coupled to the building support frame, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a plurality of pre-assembled, modular roof panels, each roof panel adapted to be coupled to at least one of the building support frame and adjacent roof panels to form the roof panel system;
providing a roof plate for use in forming a roof panel of the plurality of roof panels, the roof plate having a forward edge, a rear edge, a first side edge and an opposite second side edge, each of the first and second side edges extending between the forward edge and the rear edge, the roof panel having a length measured between the forward edge and the rear edge along a longitudinal axis;
coupling an upper support beam to the roof plate, the upper support beam orientated adjacent to the first side edge and extending from the forward edge towards the rear edge along the longitudinal axis;
and
coupling a lower support beam to the roof plate to form the roof panel, the lower support beam orientated adjacent to the second side edge and extending from the forward edge towards the rear edge substantially parallel to the upper support beam, the lower support beam extending outwardly from the roof plate at an oblique angle to facilitate coupling the lower support beam to the corresponding wall plate.

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A roof panel system for use with a portable building, the portable building including a support frame including a first end wall, a second end wall, a first wall plate, an opposite second wall plate, and a ridge beam positioned above the first and second wall plates, the ridge beam and the first and second wall plates extending between the first end wall and the second end wall along a longitudinal axis, the roof panel system comprising:

a first panel assembly adapted to be coupled between the ridge beam and the first wall plate;
and,
a second panel assembly adapted to be coupled between the ridge beam and the second wall plate, each of the first and second panel assemblies including a plurality of pre-assembled, modular roof panels that are adapted to be coupled together to form the first panel assembly and second panel assembly, respectively, each first panel assembly and second panel assembly being adapted to extend between the first end wall and the second end wall, each of the plurality of roof panels including an upper support beam, a lower support beam, and a roof plate coupled to each of the upper and the lower support beams, at least one of the roof panels including a lower support beam adapted to be coupled to a corresponding wall plate, the lower support beam extending outwardly from the roof plate at an oblique angle to facilitate coupling the lower support beam to the corresponding wall plate.

A portable storage building, comprising:

a support frame including a first end wall, a second end wall, a first wall plate, an opposite second wall plate, and a ridge beam positioned above the first and second wall plates, the ridge beam and the first and second wall plates extending between the first end wall and the second end wall along a longitudinal axis;
and,
a roof panel system coupled to the support frame including:
a first panel assembly coupled between the ridge beam and the first wall plate;
and
a second panel assembly coupled between the ridge beam and the second wall plate, each of the first and second panel assemblies including a plurality of pre-assembled, modular roof panels that are coupled together to form the first panel assembly and the second panel assembly, respectively, each first panel assembly and second panel assembly extending between the first end wall and the second end wall, each of the plurality of roof panels including an upper support beam, a lower support beam, and a roof plate coupled to each of the upper and the lower support beams, at least one of the roof panels including a lower support beam coupled to a corresponding wall plate, the lower support beam extending outwardly from the roof plate at an oblique angle to facilitate coupling the lower support beam to the corresponding wall plate.

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