Patent ID: 6530188
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A hip roof comprising:rafters having upper surfaces forming the structure of a hip roof having at least four contiguous and converging planes, at least four of the rafters being hip rafters; a plurality of prefabricated panels, each panel including opposed edges extending to approximately midway across two of the upper surfaces of the rafters, the plurality of panels being shaped together to form the four contiguous and converging planes, the panels extending to the hip rafters being trapezoidal or triangular in plan; ridge caps extending over the panels at the hip rafters; the plurality of prefabricated panels including an interlocking edge, the interlocking edges of a portion of the panels each including a channel open toward the panel on the underside of the panel and the interlocking edges of another portion of the panels each including a channel open toward the panel on the upper side of the panel, the channels on the underside and the channels on the upper side being mutually interlocking.