Patent ID: 8756870

Claim:
A roof clamp for attaching a component to a roof seam of a building, the roof clamp comprising: (a) a saddle; (b) a roof seam-engaging wedge; (c) a substantially vertically accessible slot adapted to engage a roof seam, the slot being at least partially defined between a surface of the saddle and the wedge; (d) a single shaft operable to move the wedge into a roof seam-engaging position and being adapted to allow securement of the component to the roof seam, the single shaft being elongated in a direction substantially parallel to the substantially vertically accessible slot and the single shaft also being adapted to secure the component to the saddle; and (e) a retainer disposed between an interior surface of the saddle and the wedge to hold the wedge to the saddle at least prior to roof seam engagement.