Patent ID: 9032671
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
1. An upper diverter, configured to be mounted on a metal roof of a building, such metal roof being defined by elongate metal roof panels arranged side by side relative to each other, said upper diverter being adapted to be used as part of a load support structure comprising side rails and a lower closure, which load support structure is adapted to support a load on the roof, and wherein said upper diverter diverts water transversely away from such load support structure, said upper diverter having a first length adapted to extend along a length of a such metal roof panel to which said upper diverter is mounted, and a first width adapted to extend along a width of such metal roof panel, said upper diverter comprising: (a) a lower flange, said lower flange having a second width extending along the first width of said upper diverter, and a second length extending along the first length of said upper diverter; (b) an upstanding wall having a top and a bottom, first and second ends, and a third length extending between the first and second ends and along the first width of said upper diverter, said upstanding wall forming a joint with said lower flange at the bottom of said upstanding wall, the joint extending generally along the second width of said lower flange; and (c) an upper flange joined to the top of said upstanding wall, said upper flange having third and fourth ends, the second length of said lower flange extending from a down-slope end thereof at said upstanding wall to an up-slope end thereof remote from said upstanding wall, said lower flange having a lateral leg which extends, along the width of said upper diverter and beyond the third end of said upper flange, said lateral leg having a down-slope side and an up-slope side, the second length of said lower flange extending beyond, and up-slope from, the up-slope side of said lateral leg.