Patent Application
20220333389
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The disclosure relates to roofing devices and more particularly pertains to a new roofing device for providing a level support on a pitched roof. The present device includes a base mount and a pivoting support to receive a board with a second device. The base mount receives a chain which is then anchored to the opposite side of the pitched roof.
The prior art relates to roofing devices. Known devices include bases and adjustable supports in order to provide horizontal surfaces. These devices typically create a horizontal platform to receive tools and the like and do not receive a longer board in conjunction with a second device. These devices also lack a chain running across to be secured on the opposite side of the roof.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a base mount having a mount front side, a mount back side, an open mount top side, a mount bottom side, a mount left side, and a mount right side. The mount left side and the mount right side have a plurality of adjustment apertures. The mount front side has a chain slot. The mount bottom side is configured to be positioned on a pitched roof. A support is coupled to the base mount. The support ha a support proximal end pivotably coupled to the mount left side and the mount right side and a support distal end. The support is configured to receive a board. A pivot bracket is coupled to the support. The pivot bracket is pivotably coupled to the support distal end. An adjustment pin is coupled to the pivot bracket. The adjustment pin is selectively engageable with two of the plurality of adjustment apertures to fix the pivot bracket to the base mount with the support horizontal. A chain is coupled to the base mount. The chain is selectively engageable with the chain slot of the mount front side. A chain anchor is coupled to the chain. The chain anchor is configured to be secured to an opposite roof side of the pitched roof.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A support 36 coupled to the base mount 12. The support 36 has a support proximal end 38 pivotably coupled to the mount left side 22 and the mount right side 24 and a support distal end 40. The support 36 is configured to receive a board 42. The board 42 extends between the support 36 of two apparatuses 10 as shown in
A pivot bracket 54 is coupled to the support 36. The pivot bracket 54 is pivotably coupled to the support distal end 40. The pivot bracket 54 may be selectively engageable with a plurality of pivot bracket apertures 56 extending through the support 36. An adjustment pin 58 is coupled to the pivot bracket 54. The adjustment pin 58 is selectively engageable with two of the plurality of adjustment apertures 26 to fix the pivot bracket 54 to the base mount 12 with the support 36 horizontal.
A chain 60 is coupled to the base mount 12. The chain 60 is selectively engageable with the chain slot 28 of the mount front side. A chain securing pin 62 is selectively engageable with the chain pin aperture 34 and the chain 60 for added security. Each of the chain securing pin 62 and the adjustment pin 58 may have a pair of locking clips 64 to prevent accidental removal.
A chain anchor 66 is coupled to the chain 60. The chain anchor 66 is configured to be secured to an opposite roof side 68 of the pitched roof. The chain anchor 66 may include a mounting bracket 70, a pair of ears 72 extending from the mounting bracket 70, and an anchor pin 74 selectively engageable with a pair of ear apertures 76 of the pair of ears. The anchor pin 74 may have a U-shaped pin retaining clip 78 to prevent accidental disengagement. The mounting bracket 70 has a plurality of mounting apertures 80 configured to receive hardware to engage the pitched roof 32.
In use, the base mount 12 is placed on the pitched roof 32 and the pivot bracket 54 is adjusted until the support 36 is horizontal. The adjustment pin 58 is engaged to hold the pivot bracket 54 in place. The chain anchor 66 is then secured to the opposite roof side 68 and the chain 60 is fixed to the chain anchor 66 with the anchor pin 74. The apparatus 10 is then placed at a desired location on the pitched roof 32 and the chain 60 is engaged with the chain slot 28 and the chain securing pin 62. The board 42 may then be supported on the support 36 between two apparatuses 10.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
