Patent ID: 7503372

Claim:
A protective netting assembly for removably mounting on a roof, said assembly comprising: a plurality of posts, each of said posts having a bottom end and a top end; a plurality of upper loops, each of said upper loops being attached to one of said posts and being positioned adjacent to a respective one of said top ends; a flexible panel having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge and a second side edge, said flexible panel comprising a mesh material; a plurality of upper hooks, each of said upper hooks being attached to said panel and being positioned adjacent to said top edge of said panel, each of said upper hooks being removably couplable to one of said upper loops; a plurality of lower loops, each of said lower loops being attached to one of said posts and being spaced from said top and bottom ends, a plurality of lower hooks, each of said lower hooks being attached to said panel and being positioned nearer to said lower edge than said top edge of said panel, each of said lower hooks being removably couplable to one of said lower loops, said lower hooks being spaced from said bottom edge, a flap of said panel being defined between said lower hooks and said bottom edge, said flap being extendable laterally away from said posts to cover a gap between the roof and the posts and to form a catch to capture items sliding down the roof; and a plurality of straps, each of said straps being attached to and extending from said bottom edge of said panel, each of a plurality of fasteners being extendable through said straps and into the roof, said fasteners removably securing said straps to the roof when said panel is positioned adjacent to and extends upwardly from a lower edge of the roof.