BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Various other features and attendant advantages of the present invention will be more fully appreciated from the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:
FIG. 1 is a bottom plan view, of a conventional PRIOR ART insulation plate wherein the insulation plate has a three-inch diametrical extent and comprises a pair of rib members radially interposed between the centrally located apertured portion of the insulation, for accommodating the fastener for securing the insulation plate to the underlying roof decking substructure, and the outer peripheral edge portion of the insulation plate;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the conventional PRIOR ART insulation plate as disclosed within FIG. 1 and as taken along lines 2-2 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic, top perspective view of a first embodiment of a new and improved insulation plate con-structured in accordance with the principles and teachings of the present invention and showing the cooperative parts thereof;
FIG. 4 is a top perspective view of the new and improved first embodiment insulation plate as disclosed within FIG. 3 wherein the new and improved first embodiment insulation plate is shown affixed atop an insulation member or substrate by means of a hexagonally configured headed fastener which is illustrated as being seated downwardly within, and encompassed by, the centrally located downwardly projecting recessed region of the new and improved first embodiment insulation plate;
FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the first embodiment insulation plate as disclosed within FIGS. 3 and 4;
FIG. 6
a is a bottom perspective view of the first embodiment insulation plate showing the centrally located, downwardly projecting recessed portion of the insulation plate as the same extends beneath the bottom planar surface portion of the insulation plate;
FIG. 6
b is a bottom perspective view of a second embodiment insulation plate, also constructed in accordance with the principles and teachings of the present invention, wherein the centrally located recessed portion of the insulation plate is disposed in a coplanar manner with respect to the bottom planar surface portion of the insulation plate;
FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the second embodiment insulation plate, as disclosed within FIG. 6b, illustrating the centrally located coplanar recessed portion of the insulation plate;
FIG. 8 is a bottom perspective view, similar to that of FIG. 6a, showing, however, a third embodiment of a new and improved insulation plate, also constructed in accordance with the principles and teachings of the present invention, wherein the centrally located, downwardly projecting recessed portion of the insulation plate comprises an annularly extruded eyelet or ring member extending beneath the bottom planar surface portion of the insulation plate;
FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the new and improved third embodiment insulation plate as disclosed within FIG. 8, and as taken along the line 9-9 of FIG. 8, illustrating the details of the annularly extruded eyelet or ring member comprising the downwardly projecting recessed portion of the third embodiment insulation plate;
FIG. 10 is a schematic view partially illustrating a first variation of the annularly extruded eyelet or ring member comprising the downwardly projecting recessed portion of the third embodiment insulation plate as illustrated within FIG. 9;
FIG. 11 is a schematic view partially illustrating a second variation of the annularly extruded eyelet or ring member comprising the downwardly projecting recessed portion of the third embodiment insulation plate as illustrated within FIG. 9; and
FIG. 12 is a schematic view partially illustrating a third variation of the annularly extruded eyelet or ring member comprising the downwardly projecting recessed portion of the third embodiment insulation plate as illustrated within FIG. 9.
Patent Application
20070224389
