Patent ID: 7779592

Claim:
An assembly for facilitating a fixed mounting of roof membrane seam plates at predetermined locations upon an underlying roof decking substructure by means of fasteners, comprising: a substrate, comprising at least one ply, having a longitudinal extent and a predetermined first transverse dimension as defined between oppositely disposed side edge portions; and a plurality of seam plates comprising a first seam plate and remaining seam plates, for fixing environmental membranes upon an underlying roof decking substructure, said seam plates being affixed to said substrate independently of the fasteners and having second transverse dimensions which are not greater than said first transverse dimensions of said substrate so as to be fixedly mounted upon said at least one ply of said substrate in such a manner that said plurality of seam plates are disposed transversely inwardly between said oppositely disposed side edge portions of said substrate, and at predeterminedly spaced positions spaced along said longitudinal extent of said substrate, so as to define with said substrate an integral product entity such that when said first seam plate of said plurality of seam plates is fixedly secured at a first location along the underlying roof decking substructure by means of a fastener, the remaining seam plates of said plurality of seam plates, fixedly attached to said substrate at said predetermined positions spaced along said longitudinal extent of said substrate, will inherently be disposed at predetermined locations along the underlying roof decking substructure at which said seam plates are to be fixedly secured by the fasteners so as to ensure the proper fixation of said seam plates to the underlying roof decking substructure whereby, the fixation of the environmental membranes, upon the underlying roof decking substructure, will be ensured.