Patent ID: 9353527
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: E04B,E04D,F24S,Y02B,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A roof mounting bracket for securing accessories to seamed panel roof systems, the bracket comprising: a first member, the first member having coupled thereto two or more first projections, the two or more first projections defining a space between the projections; a second member disposed opposite the first member, the second member having one or more second projections, wherein the one or more second projections are positioned opposite the space between the first projections of the first member; a third member attached to the first member and the second member, whereby the third member, the first member and the second member define a void open at a bottom of the bracket and two sides of the bracket; a cavity passing through the third member and having an axis approximately ninety degrees to an axis of the void; wherein engaging the two or more first projections to a first side of a seam of a roof panel creates first two or more deformations in the roof panel seam; and wherein engaging the one or more second projections to an opposite side of the roof panel seam creates a second one or more deformations in the roof panel seam in the spaces between the first deformations, creating a generally wave-shaped distortion of the roof panel seam.