Mounting device for a metal roof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12305397-B2
Application number	US-202318457101-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2023
Priority date	Mar 16, 2020
Publication date	May 20, 2025
Grant date	May 20, 2025

Abstract

A mounting device or clamp is provided that can be secured to a roof joint without damaging the roof joint. Two roof panels can be joined at a roof joint that extends away from the roof. The clamp has a body with a slot to receive the roof joint. An insert of the clamp is rotatable relative to the body from a first position to a second position. The clamp body can be positioned over the roof joint, and the insert can rotate or pivot from the first position to the second position relative to the body to secure the clamp to the roof joint. In one embodiment, a body of the clamp has a first arm that is concave and the insert has a concave portion to engage the roof joint. Alternatively, in another embodiment, the insert can be connected to the clamp body such that either a first projection or a second projection of the insert faces a roof joint.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A clamp body selectively securable to a joint connecting two metal panels of a building surface, comprising:
an upper surface;
a first end spaced from a second end in a longitudinal dimension;
a slot to receive the joint, the slot extending from the first end to the second end and comprising:
a first slot sidewall;
a second slot sidewall;
a slot base between the first slot sidewall and the second slot sidewall; and
a nose that extends into the slot from the second slot sidewall, wherein the second slot sidewall is planar between the nose and the slot base, and wherein the second slot sidewall is fixed relative to the first slot sidewall and the slot base;

a recess that extends through the clamp body from the first end to the second end along a rotation axis that is approximately perpendicular to the first end, the recess including an opening to the slot;
a first aperture that extends through the first slot sidewall to the slot, the first aperture extending along a first axis; and
a second aperture extending through the upper surface and extending along a second axis toward the slot base.

2. The clamp body of claim 1 , wherein the second slot sidewall is oriented at an oblique angle to the first slot sidewall, and wherein the slot base is oriented at an oblique angle to the first slot sidewall.

3. The clamp body of claim 1 , wherein the slot base is oriented at an oblique angle to the second slot sidewall, and wherein the second axis is oriented approximately perpendicular to the slot base.

4. The clamp body of claim 1 , wherein the first axis is oriented at an oblique angle to the second slot sidewall, and wherein the second axis is oriented at an oblique angle to the first axis.

5. The clamp body of claim 1 , wherein the first axis is oriented at an oblique angle to a first section of the first slot sidewall, wherein the first axis is oriented perpendicular to a second section of the first slot sidewall, and wherein the second section is positioned between the first section and the slot base.

6. The clamp body of claim 1 , wherein no apertures extend through the second slot sidewall, and wherein the clamp body has only one recess to receive a protrusion of an insert.

7. The clamp body of claim 1 , wherein the second aperture extends through the slot base.

8. The clamp body of claim 1 , wherein the first slot sidewall comprises a first section oriented at an oblique angle to a second section, wherein the second section is positioned between the first section and the slot base.

9. The clamp body of claim 8 , wherein the first aperture extends through the second section of the first slot sidewall.

10. A clamp selectively securable to a joint connecting two metal panels of a building surface, comprising:
a clamp body, comprising:
an upper surface;
a first end spaced from a second end in a longitudinal dimension;
a slot to receive the joint, the slot extending from the first end to the second end and comprising:
a first slot sidewall;
a second slot sidewall;
a slot base between the first slot sidewall and the second slot sidewall; and
a nose that extends into the slot from the second slot sidewall, wherein the second slot sidewall is planar between the nose and the slot base;

a recess that extends through the clamp body from the first end to the second end along a rotation axis that is approximately perpendicular to the first end, the recess including an opening to the slot;
a first aperture that extends through the first slot sidewall to the slot, the first aperture extending along a first axis; and
a second aperture extending through the upper surface of the clamp body and extending along a second axis toward the slot base, wherein the second axis intersects the slot base between the opening of the recess and the second slot sidewall, and wherein the second axis is oriented at an oblique angle to the first axis;

an insert with a protrusion positionable within the recess, the insert pivotable from a first position proximate to the first slot sidewall to a second position spaced from the first slot sidewall; and
a threaded fastener extendable through the first aperture to engage the insert and pivot the insert to the second position to engage the joint when the joint is received in the slot.

11. The clamp of claim 10 , wherein at least one of the following is true:
the second slot sidewall is fixed relative to the first slot sidewall and the slot base;
the first axis of the first aperture is oriented to intersect the second slot sidewall at an oblique angle; and
the insert can pivot such that a portion of the insert contacts the second slot sidewall before the joint is received in the slot.

12. An insert for a clamp body to selectively engage a joint connecting two metal panels of a building surface, comprising:
a first end, wherein the first end has a cylindrical shape;
a second end comprising a projection to engage the joint; and
an arm extending between the first end and the projection, the arm comprising:
a first side surface that defines a first reference plane; and
a second side surface that defines a second reference plane, wherein the second side surface is parallel to the first side surface, wherein a first portion of the projection extends beyond the first side surface such that the first reference plane intersects the projection, wherein a second portion of the projection extends beyond the second side surface such that the second reference plane intersects the projection, and wherein a longitudinal axis of the insert extends through the first end and the second end.

13. The insert of claim 12 , wherein:
the first side surface has a first length measured between the first end and the first portion of the projection; and
the second surface has a second length measured between the first end and the second portion of the projection, the first length being greater than the second length.

14. The insert of claim 12 , wherein:
the first portion of the projection extends a first width from the first reference plane; and
the second portion of the projection extends a second width from the second reference plane, the first width being less than the second width.

15. The insert of claim 12 , wherein the longitudinal axis extends between the first side surface and the second side surface such that the longitudinal axis is approximately midway between the first side surface and the second side surface.

16. A clamp body selectively securable to a joint connecting two metal panels of a building surface, comprising:
an upper surface;
a first end spaced from a second end in a longitudinal dimension;
a slot to receive the joint, the slot extending from the first end to the second end and comprising:
a first slot sidewall, wherein the first slot sidewall comprises a first section oriented at an oblique angle to a second section;
a second slot sidewall;
a slot base between the first slot sidewall and the second slot sidewall, wherein the second section is positioned between the first section and the slot base; and
a nose that extends into the slot from the second slot sidewall, wherein the second slot sidewall is planar between the nose and the slot base;

a recess that extends through the clamp body from the first end to the second end along a rotation axis that is approximately perpendicular to the first end, the recess including an opening to the slot;
a first aperture that extends through the first slot sidewall to the slot, the first aperture extending along a first axis that is oriented at an oblique angle to the sec

Assignees

• Rmh Tech Llc

Inventors

• Haddock Dustin M M
• Moss Jonathon
• Holley Nikolaus Jo

Classifications

• F24S25/615

  for fixing to protruding parts of buildings, e.g. to corrugations or to standing seams · CPC title

• F24S25/63

  for fixing modules or their peripheral frames to supporting elements · CPC title

• F16B5/126

  at least one of the sheets, plates, bars or strips having integrally formed or integrally connected snap-in-features · CPC title

• E04D3/362

  by locking the edge of one slab or sheet within the profiled marginal portion of the adjacent slab or sheet, e.g. using separate connecting elements · CPC title

• H02S20/23

  specially adapted for roof structures · CPC title