Patent ID: 6758015
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
A modular roof equipment screening assembly for screening a piece of equipment on a roof of a building, the equipment having an equipment base and an equipment housing, the roof having an equipment curb adapted to supportably engage the equipment base, the equipment base having opposed sets of longitudinal and lateral sides, the equipment curb having corresponding opposed longitudinal and lateral sides, and the equipment housing having opposed longitudinal and lateral housing faces, the housing faces extending substantially vertically from the base and forming a perimeter of the equipment, said modular roof equipment screening assembly comprising:a cantilevered, multi-directional support assembly rigidly secured to one of either the equipment base and the equipment curb, said support assembly including first and second sets of mounting channels, each of said channels having a mid section and opposed ends, said mid section of each of said channels being rigidly secured to one of either the equipment base and the equipment curb, said channels in said first set being directly secured to the opposed longitudinal sides of one of either the equipment base and the equipment curb, and said channels in said second set being directly secured to one of either said first set of channels and the opposed lateral sides of one of either the equipment base and the equipment curb, each of said sets of said channels having at least one set of common ends, said set of common ends of said first set of channels extending a predetermined distance beyond a first lateral housing face, and said set of common ends of said second set of channels extending a predetermined distance beyond a first longitudinal housing face; a framework having a lower portion secured to and supported by said support assembly, said framework being secured to and extending substantially vertically upwardly from said channel ends and extending around a plurality of the housing faces, said framework including at least one longitudinal section aligned substantially parallel to one of said longitudinal housing faces, and at least one lateral section aligned substantially parallel to one of said lateral housing faces, said framework being formed by a plurality of like-shaped frame segments having a predetermined segment length dimension, each frame section including at least one frame segment, each frame section being secured to one of said sets of common ends of said support assembly, and each of said sections being spaced a substantially constant distance from its respective first housing face to provide a substantially constant working space between that said section and its respective first housing face; and, a plurality of like-shaped panels, each of said like-shaped panels being substantially vertically aligned and supported by one of said like-shaped frame segments.