Patent ID: 8782973
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for covering a skylight on a roof, the roof including a roof panel and a roof panel surface, the roof defining an opening and the skylight spanning the opening, the apparatus comprising: a wire mesh screen having a plurality of longitudinal wire strands, the screen being positioned above the skylight; a first hook including a first hook base securable to the roof, the first hook including a first hook wall extending upward from the first hook base and a first hook flange extending from the first hook wall in a direction generally away from the screen; a second hook including a second hook base securable to the roof, the second hook including a second hook wall extending upward from the second hook base and a second hook flange extending from the second hook wall in a direction generally away from the first hook; a first purlin supporting the roof panel, wherein the first hook is aligned with the first purlin; and a first fastener configured to extend from the first hook into the first purlin, wherein a first one of the plurality of longitudinal wire strands is received in the first hook between the first hook base and the first hook flange and a second one of the plurality of longitudinal wire strands is received in the second hook between the second hook base and the second hook flange.