Patent ID: 8061087

Claim:
A roofing system support assembly installed above an existing roof formed of preformed roof panels having elevated ridges and drain channels, the assembly comprising: a plurality of elongated bottom members fit into drain channels of the existing roof and be secured to the preformed roof panels of the existing roof to extend about a peripheral line of the existing roof, each said bottom members having a height at least equal to the height of an elevated a ridge of the preformed roof panel; a plurality of elongated first top members extending transversely to the bottom members and be secured at a level above the elevated ridges of the preformed roof panels, said first top members having a generally Z-shaped configuration; a plurality of support brackets positioned in the drain channels and be secured to the preformed roof panels and to the first top members for supporting the first top members at a desired elevation above the elevated ridges of the preformed roof panels; and a plurality of strapping members extending transversely to the first top members and be secured to the first top members.