Patent ID: 6796097
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: E04C,E04D

Abstract:
A panel system for attaching to substructure of a roof or a wall, comprising:at least one pair of adjacent panels, each of the panels comprising an elongate body with a base section having first and second side edges, with a first leg attached at a first end thereof at the first side edge and a second leg attached at a first end thereof at the second side edge, the first and second legs extending generally perpendicularly therefrom, each said side edge further comprising a groove or channel; each said first leg having a first means for mating arranged at a second end thereof; each said second leg having a second means for mating, complementary to the first means for mating, arranged at a second end thereof; and at least one clip for connecting each said pair of adjacent panels, each said clip comprising a flat bottom arranged and designed to have a bottom surface fastened to the substructure, with a left, a right and a central support member each extending from an upper surface of the flat bottom, the left and right support members each having a upper surface and the central support member having a pair of outwardly extending tongues or tabs; wherein the clip fits between the adjacent panels, with the tongues or tabs received in the grooves or channels of the adjacent panels and the base section of the one of the adjacent panels abutting the upper surface of the left support member and the base section of the other adjacent panel abutting the upper surface of the right support member.