Patent ID: 7281359

Claim:
A spacer in combination with a roof system, the roof system comprising: a plurality of roof purlins; elongate panels each having a base portion and upstanding side flanges along opposing longitudinal edges of the panel, the panels spanning across the roof purlins in a side by side configuration; and a plurality of mounting clips fastened to the roof purlins and securing the panels to the roof purlins, each mounting clip including an upstanding mounting portion for being secured in a seam formed between the upstanding side flanges of a respective adjacent pair of the panels; the spacer comprising: a spacer element arranged to support the base portions of an adjacent pair of the panels spaced apart from one another; and a hook suspending the spacer element therebelow to be located directly between the upstanding side flanges of the adjacent pair of the panels; the spacer element forming a wedge, between the side flanges, having increasing thickness with increasing distance from the hook.