Patent ID: 9322174
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: E04D

Claim Text:
1. A tile installation assembly, comprising: a sheet of roofing material; and a plurality of fasteners coupled to said roofing material for receiving and holding a series of tiles on a roof, wherein each of said plurality of fasteners comprises an upper portion, a laterally extending cantilevered spring arm having a free end tile engagement portion spaced laterally from said upper portion and a lower portion having a holding portion for holding a tile on a roof, said free end tile engagement portion resiliently flexing freely upwardly away from said lower portion and providing a spring-biased force downwardly toward said lower portion upon said flexing and wherein said free end tile engagement portion provides a downward biasing force against a top portion of an adjacent tile and allowing removal of tiles from a roof without removal of said fasteners from said sheet of roofing material.