Patent ID: 6354046
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
In an apparatus for a seal around an object passing through a pitched roof having shingles thereon, the roof thereby having an up slope side with respect to the object, the seal forming a flashing between the object and the roof, the object having a frame member which frame member passes through the roof, the improvement comprising:a) a planar member having a centrally disposed aperture therein for receiving the object, said planar member having a top side and a bottom side; b) a collar member disposed circumferentially about said aperture said collar member being in communication with the frame member, said collar member having its base disposed at its juncture with said planar member; c) a plurality of water diverter members disposed on said top side of said planar member, said diverter members disposed lateral to said up slope side of said collar member whereby water is prevented from travelling tangentially to said up slope side of said collar member; and, d) a turnback disposed at said base of said collar member.