Patent ID: 9003733
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: E04B,E04D

Abstract:
1. A standing seam roof assembly formed by overlapping adjacent panels supported by a plurality of underlying support structurals, the standing roof assembly comprising: a first pair of overlapping panels including a first panel having a female sidelap forming a male insertion cavity and a second panel having a male sidelap engageable in the male insertion cavity to form a first portion of a standing seam; a second pair of overlapping panels including a third panel having a female sidelap and a fourth panel having a male sidelap to form a second portion of the standing seam, the first and second portions of the standing seam joined at an endlap between two adjacent underlying support structurals of the plurality; a clip base operably attached to only one of the two adjacent support structurals; and a seam reinforcing beam connected to the clip base, the seam reinforcing beam having a web that is operably seamed between both pairs of overlapping panels and selectively sized to extend continuously from a first portion of the web that is directly over the clip base to a second portion of the web that is at the endlap, the web simultaneously strengthening both the first and the second portions of the standing seam between the two adjacent support structurals.