Patent ID: 8671639
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: E04D,F24D,F24S,H02S,Y02A,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A roof panel comprising a panel portion bounded along a support edge by a support edge section and along an opposed cover edge by a cover edge section; the support edge section and the cover edge section bent out of opposed edges of the panel portion; the support edge section comprises: a flange element located at a distal end of the support edge section, the flange element adapted for receiving fasteners for securing the roof panel to a roof structure, and a support element located between the flange element and the panel portion; the support element comprising a support ledge resiliently supported at a first end by an upwardly standing wall, said upwardly standing wall supported by the flange element, a second end of the support ledge defining a projection extending towards the panel portion, the second end of the support ledge resiliently supported by an angular portion of a second upwardly standing wall, said second upwardly standing wall supported by the panel portion, thus the support element forms a double-walled, hollow, generally P-shaped structure that connects the panel portion to the flange element, and that is adapted to provide resilient support and locking engagement with the cover edge section of an adjacent panel; and, the cover edge section comprises a cover element and a lock element: