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P. P. MELANSON.

ROOF BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.7,1918.

1 5306,43 1. Patented June 10, 1919.

L k u WT 3 [7 wueukoz PHILIP P. MELANSON, or MONCTON, EW BRUNSWICK, CANADA.

ROOF-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J line 10, 1919.

Application filed December 7, 1918 Serial No. 265,792.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP P. MELANSON, a subject of the King of England, residing at Moncton, in the Province of New Brunswick and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Roof-Bracket, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be used on a slanting roof, for the purpose of holding a paint bucket, tools or the like, or to serve as a platform on which a workman may stand.

The invention aimsto provide a strong but simple roof bracket, which will have a secure hold on a slanting roof, the construction being such that the bracket may be adjusted to correspond with the pitch of the roof. A further object of the invention is to provide a roof bracket which, although affording adequate support for a paint bucket or other object, will, at the same time, inflict practically no injury on the roof.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

Within the scope of what is claimed, a mechanic may make changes, without departing from the spirit of the invention, and as to such details as may fall within the skill of a mechanic, I do not bind myself to the specific form shown in the drawings.

In the drawings :-Figure lshows in perspective, a roof bracket constructed in ac cordance with the invention, in place on a roof; Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3 is a front elevation wherein parts appear in section; Fig. 4 is a top plan; Fig. 5 is a perspective disclosing the braces and the rod which carries them.

The roof bracket claimed may be made of metal throughout, if desired, and includesbase bars 1 provided at their inner ends with dependingpointed prongs 2.Legs 3 extend transversely of thebase bars 1 and are located at the outer ends thereof, the legs being pointed as shown at 4, at their lowerv extremities. Supportingbars 5 are located between thebase bars 1,spacing tubes 6 being placed between thebars 5, and between these bars and thebase bars 1. A securing device, which may be abolt 8, passes through the forward line ofspacing tubes 6 and through the supportingbars 5. Thebolt 8 is adapted to be mounted in any of a series of openings 9, located in thelegs 3, and spaced from each other, longitudinally of the legs. Braces 10 connected by arod 25 are provided, the braces havingangular ends 11 and 12. Theends 12 of the braces 10 are pivoted in thelegs 3 near to the lower ends thereof, and are equipped withheads 14 which prevent thelower ends 12 of the braces from becoming detached from thelegs 3. Theupper ends 11 of the braces 10 are adapted to be received in any of a series ofopenings 15 formed in thebase bars 1, and spaced longitudinally thereof. Nuts 16 are threaded on theends 11 of the braces 10 to hold the braces assembled with thebase bars 1.

It will be clear from Fig. 1 that theprongs 2 of thebase bars 1, and the pointed ends 4: of thelegs 3, engaging the roof, will hold the bracket securely in place against slipping downwardly along the roof. Preferably, the supportingbars 5 are not supplied with such parts as theprongs 2, and, therefore, there will be but few marks or indentations in the roof. and the roof will not be injured. Since thebolt 8 may be mounted in any of the openings 9 in thelegs 3, the bracket may be adjusted to correspond with the pitch of the roof, theupper ends 11 of the braces 10 being inserted into theproper openings 15 of thebase bars 1, and being held therein by the nuts 16. The supportingbars 5 are adapted to carry a paint pot or other object used by a mechanic. Thetubes 6 not only hold thebars 5 spaced. but, as well, add to the strength of the roof bracket.

I claim 1. A roof bracket comprising base bars provided at their inner ends with depending prongs; supporting bars between the base bars; legs disposed transversely of the outer ends of the base bars and pointed at their lower ends; spacers between the bars at the forward and rear ends thereof; front and rear securing devices passing through the spacers and the bars; means for connecting the front securing device with the legs at adjusted points longitudinallypf the legs; braces having their lower ends pivoted to the legs; and means for connecting the upper ends of the braces with the base bars at adjusted points longitudinally of the base bars. 2. A. roof bracket comprising base bars;

legs disposed transversely of the base bars legs to prevent the legs from moving apart; .7 adjacent to the outer ends thereof; a rod and means for connecting the rear ends of mounted .torook inthe legs and comprising the braces with the base bars at adjusted 10 rearwardly extended braces engaging-the inpoints longitudinally of the base bars. 7 5 ner surfaces of the legs to-prevent the legs In testimony that lclaimithe foregoing as from moving toward each other, the rod havmy own, I have hereto affixed my signature.

ing heads engaging the outer SHI'faCGSJOfL-thG PHILIP P. MELANSONJ Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents eaoh, -by. addressing the Commissioner of :Patents, Washington, D. G.

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