Patent ID: 9422720
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: E04D

Claim Text:
1. A mounting assembly for a membrane roof, consisting of: a first metal base plate coated on an upper surface with material compatible to heat weld to roofing membrane material, having length and width dimensions, and having a plurality of openings spaced around an outer periphery; a second metal base plate coated on at least an upper surface with membrane material and having length and width dimensions substantially smaller than the first metal base plate, and a substantially centered through opening; a bolt having a length, a head diameter larger than the diameter of the through opening in the second base plate and a threaded portion of a diameter to pass through the through opening; and a first sheet of roofing membrane material having length and width dimensions substantially larger than those of the second base plate and substantially smaller than those of the first base plate, the sheet of roofing membrane having a substantially centered through opening; wherein the bolt is passed through the through opening in the second metal base plate from below, the second metal base plate with the bolt is centered over and adhered by welding or adhesive to the first metal base plate, and the first sheet of roofing membrane material is assembled over the threaded portion of the bolt and heat welded to the membrane coatings on both the first and the second metal base plates, leaving the plurality of openings spaced around the outer periphery of the first base plate exposed, providing an assembly ready to be mounted to a membrane roof.