Patent ID: 9316000
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: E04D

Claim Text:
1. A method of replacing a previously-installed daylighting panel mounted on an underlying metal roof panel of a standing seam metal panel roof on an underlying building, such roof panel having opposing first and second sides, a first length, and a first width between the first and second sides, first and second rib elements being disposed on the opposing first and second sides of the roof panel, and a panel flat being disposed between the rib elements, the rib elements of adjacent such metal roof panels being joined to each other in defining ribs on opposing sides of each such roof panel, such previously-installed daylighting panel overlying an aperture in such roof panel, such aperture extending along a length of such roof panel, in the area of the panel flat and proximate the elevation of the panel flat, such daylighting panel having an up-slope end and being mounted by mechanical fasteners to such roof, such mechanical fasteners extending through holes in such metal roof panel at such panel flat, including holes in the panel flat up-slope of the aperture, and wherein at least some of such holes in the panel flat up-slope of such aperture are spaced from such aperture by at least 2 inches, the method comprising: (a) removing the previously-installed daylighting panel from the underlying metal roof panel, including removing the mechanical fasteners from the previously-installed daylighting panel and the metal roof panel and thereby exposing the aperture in the roof panel to the ambient environment, which exposes an access path through the aperture and into the underlying building, and leaves, in the metal roof panel, the fastener holes which had been used to mount the previously-installed daylighting panel to the roof panel; (b) mounting a support structure to the roof and about the aperture, the support structure comprising the third length of the lower flange extending from a down-slope end thereof at the upstanding wall, past all such pre-existing holes in the panel flat, to an up-slope end of the lower flange remote from the upstanding wall and thereby closing off access, from outside the building, to any such pre-existing fastener holes in the panel flat, which are up-slope of the aperture; and (c) mounting a daylighting lens assembly, comprising a daylighting lens, over the support structure and thereby closing off the access path into the underlying building.