Patent ID: 7963081

Claim:
A rooting system comprising: a plurality of support members secured to a roof deck, a plurality of said support members spaced apart from one another, a plurality of said support members having a support flange spaced above said roof deck; b) a plurality of blocks positioned between a plurality of said support members, a plurality of said blocks having a thickness such that a top surface of said blocks has a same height or a less height than a top surface of a plurality of said support flanges when said support members and said blocks are installed on said roof deck; c) a plurality of rooting panels, each of said roofing panels includes a peripheral edge, said roofing panels positioned over a plurality of said blocks, a plurality of peripheral edges of adjacently positioned roofing panels overlapping one another; d) a plurality of compression bars designed to compress together said overlapping peripheral edges of said roofing panels, a plurality of said compression bars positioned at least partially on top of said overlapping peripheral edges of said roofing panels, a plurality of said compression bars including a body and a lip along at least a portion of a longitudinal length of said body of said compression bars, said body prior to being secured to said roofing panels having two sides, a top surface and a bottom surface, said bottom surface having a plurality of gripping arrangements designed to enhance gripping features of said compression bars when said compression bars are secured to said roofing panels, said lip prior to being secured to said roofing panels angling downwardly from one of said sides of said body of said compression bars and an end of said lip extending below a bottom plane of said bottom surface of said body, a plurality of said compression bars secured to said roofing panels such that said bottom surface of said body is positioned over at least one of said roofing panels and said lip is positioned over at least a portion of one of said edges of said roofing panel; and, e) a plurality of connectors, said connectors include a top and body portion, said body portion of said connectors penetrating through said body of said compression bars and through said overlapping peripheral edges of said roofing panels and through said support flange of said support members, said plurality of said connectors causing a plurality of said compression bars to apply a substantially even compression force on said overlapping peripheral edges of said roofing panels.