Patent ID: 8627624

Claim:
An elongate channel insert for directing water between two substantially parallel elongate structural support members, the elongate channel member comprising: a first substantially trapezoidal sidewall having an upper side, a lower side and substantially parallel first and second ends, wherein the lower side of the first sidewall tapers away from the upper side from the first end of the first sidewall to the second end of the first sidewall; a second substantially trapezoidal sidewall having a upper side, a lower side and substantially parallel first and second ends wherein the lower side of the second sidewall tapers away from the upper side from the first end to the second end of the second sidewall; a bottom wall extending between the bottom sides of the first and second sidewalls along the length of the first and second sidewalls and defining a single planer surface between the bottom sides of the first and second sidewalls, wherein the bottom wall is substantially perpendicular to the first and second sidewalls; a first support member extending from the upper side of the first sidewall along the first length of the first sidewall, the first support member comprising: a first plate perpendicular to the upper side of the first sidewall and having a width substantially equal to a width of the structural support member; a second plate perpendicular to the first plate and extending along a lateral surface of the structural support member; a second support member extending from the upper side of second sidewall along the length of the second sidewall, the second support member comprising: a third plate perpendicular to the upper side of the second sidewall and having a width no greater than a width of the structural support member; wherein the first and second support members are configured to rest on elongate structural support members of a structure such that water entering the channel insert is diverted from beneath the structure; wherein the first support member fits over the second support member to secure an edge of the elongate channel to the structural support member; wherein the first substantially trapezoidal sidewall and the second substantially trapezoidal sidewall are parallel to the two substantially parallel elongated structural support members; and wherein the first substantially trapezoidal sidewall is substantially adjacent to a first structural support member and the second substantially trapezoidal sidewall is substantially adjacent to a second structural support member.