Patent ID: 9493955
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: E04D,F24S,Y02B,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A snow guard assembly on a standing seam metal roof, the standing seam metal roof having a plurality of roofing segments, each roofing segment having a panel and a standing seam forming a ridge with a neighboring roofing segment, said standing seams being raised above the level of the panels, the snow guard assembly comprising: a first snow support bracket including a first bracket body secured to a first standing seam and having a first snow support receptacle including an upper flange creating an upper overhang and an opposed lower flange creating a lower overhang, said first snow support bracket being formed of a single piece of material bent at a bend line, and said upper overhang and said lower overhang of said first snow support bracket are positioned along said bend line; a second snow support bracket including a second bracket body secured to a second standing seam and having a second snow support receptacle including an upper flange creating an upper overhang and an opposed lower flange creating a lower overhang, said second snow support bracket being formed of a single piece of material bent at a bend line, and said upper overhang and said lower overhang of said second snow support bracket are positioned along said bend line; and an elongated snow support separate and distinct from said first and second snow support brackets, said elongate snow support being removably received in said first support receptacle and said second support receptacle, wherein said elongated snow support has a mounted width at said first snow support receptacle such that said elongated snow support extends under said upper overhang thereof and under said lower overhang thereof, and wherein said elongated snow support has a mounted width at said second snow support receptacle such that said elongated snow support is received under said upper overhang thereof and under said lower overhang thereof, said elongated snow support having a snow support surface extending upwardly relative to the panel of a roofing segment over which it is mounted such that the snow support surface will support snow accumulating on the standing seam metal roof and reduce its ability to slide off the standing seam metal roof.