US 6,499,259 B1
Non-deforming roof snow brake
Mark E. Hockman,
627 E. Street Rd.,
Westtown, Pa. 19395 (US)
Assigned to Cimcool Industrial Products, Inc.,
Cincinnati, Ohio (US)
Filed on 20-Oct-2000, as Appl. No. Cimcool Industrial Products, Inc.,
Cincinnati, Ohio (US)
Int. Cl.7E04O 13/10
US 6,499,259 B1
Non-deforming roof snow brake
Mark E. Hockman,
627 E. Street Rd.,
Westtown, Pa. 19395 (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2000, as Appl. No. 9/693,786.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/160508, filed on Oct. 20, 1999.
Int. Cl.7E04O 13/10
U.S. Cl. 528212;26
7 Claims
1. In the combination of a snow brake and seam of a metal roof,
an inverted, rectangular, U-shaped base having a central slot receiving a folded seam of a metal roof, said seam including
a locking nub depression along said seam, said base having first and second sides extending along the slot and a curved top
interconnecting the sides, the first side having fastener-receiving openings receiving roof seam-engaging fasteners, a snow
plate extending upward from said base, the snow plate having a surface portion extending laterally beyond the sides of the
base, and lower, inner sections of the plate connected to said first and second sides, respectively, for supporting the sides
with the snow plate and for preventing relative outward movement of the sides when engaging the roof seam, the improvement
comprising locating said fastener-receiving openings to align said seam engaging fasteners in said locking groove depression
along said roof seam.
