Patent ID: 7774990
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
1. A device for roof structures having a ridge or hip defined by the planes of two roof decks, disposed at an angle with respect to each other and defining a longitudinal joint, comprising: A) an elongated cover wall having at least one elongated channel, each of said at least one elongated channel defined by a coextensive longitudinally extending bottom wall, two coextensive longitudinally extending lateral walls, and two coextensive longitudinally extending spacer walls, and said elongated cover wall including first and second longitudinal bends and said bottom wall of said at least one channel including a first plurality of connected bridge notches defining a through passage and a bridge adjacent thereto and said cover being mounted over ridge or hip; B) first and second elongated walls extending, respectively, from said first and second longitudinal bends substantially perpendicularly to the plane of said cover, and said first and second elongated walls being kept at a substantially parallel and spaced apart relationship with respect to each other, each of said first and second elongated walls including a coextensive longitudinal flange with respective longitudinal ends, said flanges extending at a predetermined angle with respect to said first and second elongated walls that cooperate with the decks of a roof that form a ridge or hip, said flanges being rigidly mounted to said decks; C) adhesive compound means positioned within said elongated channel through said through passage to provide a rigid anchorage when said adhesive compound means hardens and said adhesive compound means being also applied over said cover to support a tile thereon.