Patent ID: 9645062
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G01L,G01M,G01N

Claim:
1. A roofing pull-test frame assembly, comprising: a base for placement on a roof, the base having at least one wall with a bracing surface; a frame plate; and at least two legs extending between the base and the frame plate and supporting the frame plate above the base in assembly; wherein, in assembly and in use, loads experienced during a pull-testing event are transmitted from the frame plate, to the at least two legs, and to the at least one wall of the base where the at least two legs transmit the loads via surface-to-surface abutment with the bracing surface of the at least one wall, and wherein the base has an attachment structure extending from the at least one wall, at least one of the at least two legs is coupled to the attachment structure when the roofing pull-test frame assembly is assembled together, and at least one of the at least two legs lacks a coupling to the base and only maintains surface-to-surface abutment with the bracing surface via the transmitted loads.