Patent ID: 8714305

Claim:
A roof jack system comprising: a roof jack comprising: a base, a plank-receiving portion connected to the base at a first end of the roof jack, and an adjustable-length portion connected to the plank-receiving portion and to a second end of the roof jack, an attachment head releasably attached to a clip affixable to a roof, which attachment head comprises: a plate attached to the first end of the roof jack, wherein the plate is held above the base of the roof jack by a first attachment head-roof jack connector and wherein a bottom of the plate is held a sufficient distance above the base of the roof jack by the first attachment head-roof jack connector to accommodate the roof-affixable clip when both are on a roof, the first attachment head-roof jack connector connecting the attachment head and the roof jack, and a projection releasably attachable to the roof affixable clip; the clip affixable to a roof comprising: a first portion comprising one or more perforations, which perforation is not open to an edge of the roof affixable clip and which perforation is sized to receive a fastener to attach the roof affixable clip to a roof, a second portion comprising an opening sized to accommodate the projection, wherein the second portion is oriented on the same horizontal axis as the first portion and wherein a bottom surface of the second portion is above a top surface of the first portion, providing an open space below the bottom surface of the second portion, and a sloped portion connecting the first and second portions.