Patent ID: 8205396

Claim:
A covering fascia system for roof edge construction comprising: a base plate having a shorter portion for lying atop the roof edge and a longer portion joined at right angles to the shorter portion for overlying the upper portion of the sidewall; fastening means for attaching said base plate to the upper portion of said sidewall through laterally spaced openings arrayed along the length of the baseplate; said base plate having, at the distal end of the shorter portion, an upstanding flange having at its topmost a series of folds forming a pocket having an opening facing toward the junction between the shorter portion and the longer portion of said baseplate creating a space therebetween to accept and retain an S-shaped spring clip; said S-shaped spring clip extending outward from said pocket contacting the baseplate at an approximate midpoint along the length of the shorter portion and extending upward and outward to span the corner joint of a cover plate overlying the baseplate and connected thereto at the furthest ends of the baseplate from the joint between the shorter and longer portions to retain the cover plate in a forward and upwardly extended, tensioned position, said S-shaped spring clip being formed by a first bend oriented downward as said spring clip exits the pocket, an upward second bend at the point of contact of the spring clip with the base plate, a forward reinforcing third bend partway to the corner joint of said cover plate, and a fourth bend for spanning the corner joint of the cover plate from the contact point of the fourth bend to the distal end of the spring clip at contact points on the cover plate approximately equidistant on either side of said corner joint.