Patent ID: 7140152

Claim:
A snow guard device for use on a sloped roof having a roof decking supported by a roof substructure, the roof decking having a plurality of roof panels mounted side-by-side, the plurality of roof panels being attached along their respective adjoining edges to form a plurality of elongate standing seams, the standing seams extending in a direction substantially parallel to the slope of the sloped roof, and being transversely spaced along the roof decking, the snow guard device comprising: support means mountable through an opening in the roof decking, the support means being connectable to spaced-apart longitudinal support means mounted below said roof decking to the roof substructure when the snow guard device is operatively connected to the sloped roof; rail means for mounting on the support means transversely of the standing seams and in vertically spaced relation to the roof decking; bracket means rigidly attachable to the rail means; and snow barrier means supportable on the bracket means to impede snow from downwardly sliding along the roof decking, the snow barrier means being positionable between a pair of adjacent standing seams at a location upslope of the support means.