Patent ID: 8122648
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: F24S,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A system for mounting equipment to a roof having shingles, the system comprising: a base plate including a lower surface, an upper surface, and at least one hollow bracket projection projecting upwardly from the upper surface thereof and adapted to receive and pass through at least a portion of a mechanical wood fastener for securing the base plate to the roof, the bracket projection including a threaded outside surface adapted for securing with a mechanical machine fastener; a flashing plate including a lower surface, and a base plate recess formed in the lower surface of the flashing plate and adapted to receive the base plate therein such that the lower surface of the base plate may be substantially coplanar with the lower surface of the flashing plate, the base plate recess including a corresponding aperture therethrough for the bracket projection; and a mounting bracket including an aperture therein adapted for receiving the bracket projection therethrough for securing the mounting bracket to the bracket projection through the corresponding aperture in the flashing plate, the mounting bracket