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Publication number: US20130212955A1
Application number: US13/399,263
Authority: US
Inventors: Douglas T. Lethin
Original assignee: Sage Bracket Solutions LLC
Current assignee: Sage Bracket Solutions LLC
Priority date: 2012-02-17
Filing date: 2012-02-17
Publication date: 2013-08-22
Also published as: US20240279923A1

Abstract

Apparatuses for adding coverings such as, but not limited to, roof lines are generally disclosed.

Description

BACKGROUND

Unless otherwise indicated herein, the approaches described in this section are not prior art to the claims in this application and are not admitted to be prior art by inclusion in this section.

Adding additional roof like structures to existing roofs may have many challenges. For example, covering an uncovered area of an existing structure may include covering an existing deck type structure, balcony type structure, etc., where the covering may include a structure to facilitate integration with the existing structure. One method of covering may include extending an existing roof line to facilitate integration with an overall design of the structure.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure describes example apparatus and systems related to providing an elevated roof over an existing roof of a structure. Such an apparatus may include a substantially vertical member, a bracket, and a base. The bracket may be coupled to a first end of the substantially vertical member, and the bracket may be configured to support a support beam in a substantially perpendicular orientation relative to the substantially vertical member and to pivotally support a trailing edge of the elevated roof over the existing roof. The base may be coupled to a second end of the substantially vertical member, and the second end may be at an opposite end of the substantially vertical member from the first end. The base may be configured to attach to a component of the structure through the existing roof proximate to a leading edge of the elevated roof.

A system may include an existing roof, where the existing roof may be disposed over a structure having an eave. An elevated roof may be disposed on the existing roof. The elevated roof may have a leading edge, where the leading edge may extend beyond the eave of the existing roof to facilitate coverage of a predetermined distance beyond the eave of the existing roof. The elevated roof may be disposed on the existing roof via the apparatus as described above.

The foregoing summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments, and features described above, further aspects, embodiments, and features will become apparent by reference to the drawings and the following detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Subject matter is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. The foregoing and other features of the present disclosure will become more fully apparent from the following description and appended claims, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Understanding that these drawings depict only several embodiments in accordance with the disclosure and are, therefore, not to be considered limiting of its scope, the disclosure will be described with additional specificity and detail through use of the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1A illustrates an example system that is arranged in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 1B illustrates a more detailed view of an example system that is arranged in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 illustrates an example apparatus for providing an elevated roof over an existing roof of a structure in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 3 illustrates an example of a bracket, which may be utilized with various embodiments of the present disclosure

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following description sets forth various examples along with specific details to provide a thorough understanding of claimed subject matter. It will be understood by those skilled in the art, however, that claimed subject matter may be practiced without some or more of the specific details disclosed herein. Further, in some circumstances, well-known systems, components and/or structures have not been described in detail in order to avoid unnecessarily obscuring claimed subject matter.

In the following detailed description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof. In the drawings, similar symbols typically identify similar components, unless context dictates otherwise. The illustrative embodiments described in the detailed description, drawings, and claims are not meant to be limiting. Other embodiments may be utilized, and other changes may be made, without departing from the spirit or scope of the subject matter presented here. It will be readily understood that the aspects of the present disclosure, as generally described herein, and illustrated in the Figures, can be arranged, substituted, combined, and designed in a wide variety of different configurations, all of which are explicitly contemplated and make part of this disclosure.

This disclosure is drawn, inter alia, to apparatus and systems related to providing an elevated roof over an existing roof of a structure.

As discussed above, providing an elevated roof over an existing roof of a structure may include utilizing an apparatus including a substantially vertical member. The substantially vertical member may include a bracket, and a base.

FIG. 1A illustrates an example system that is arranged in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present disclosure. In the illustrated example, thesystem100 may include an existingroof102 and anelevated roof108. As shown inFIG. 1A, the existingroof102 may be disposed over astructure104. Thestructure104 may have aneave106. Additionally, theelevated roof108 may have a leadingedge110. Theelevated roof108 may be disposed on the existingroof102 via one ormore apparatus112. Together, thesystem100 illustrated inFIG. 1A provides an elevated roof over an existing of a structure in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

In the illustrated example ofFIG. 1A, the leadingedge110 of the elevatedroof108 may extend beyond theeave106 of the existingroof102 to help facilitate coverage of a predetermined distance beyond theeave106 of the existingroof102. In one embodiment, the predetermined distance may be based, at least in part, on a distance to be covered by theelevated roof108 such as, but not limited to, a deck, a patio, a garden, a veranda, balcony, and any other type of area to be covered, and accordingly, the claimed subject matter is not limited in these respects.

Even though thestructure104 may be shown as a housing type structure inFIG. 1A, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that it is contemplated within the scope of the claimed subject matter that thestructure104 may be a wide variety of structures such as, but not limited to, an office building type structure, a warehouse type structure, etc., and accordingly, the claimed subject matter is not limited in these respects. Additionally, as will be described in detail below, thestructure104 may include a component212 (FIG. 2), which may be a load bearing component of thestructure104 configured to support the existingroof102.

InFIG. 1, the elevatedroof108 may be illustrated as a substantially solid type, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that it is contemplated within the scope of the claimed subject matter that theelevated roof108 may be a wide variety of covering types such as, but not limited to, a substantially flexible type (e.g., fabric based roof), a substantially rigid type (e.g., metal based roof and/or wood based roof), and any combination thereof, and accordingly, the claimed subject matter is not limited in these respects.

Continuing to refer toFIG. 1, theelevated roof108 may include asupport beam114 at atrailing edge118 of the elevatedroof108. As will be described in detail below, theapparatus112 may facilitate support of thesupport beam114. As shown, thesupport beam114 may help to facilitate providing the elevatedroof108 over the existingroof102.

FIG. 1B illustrates a more detailed view of the example system ofFIG. 1A that is arranged in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure. Illustrated inFIG. 1B, thesystem100 shown inFIG. 1A may be shown in more detail. As previously described with respect toFIG. 1A, thesystem100 may include thestructure104, theapparatus112, the existingroof102, theelevated roof108, theeave106, and thesupport beam114.

InFIG. 1B, twoapparatuses112 may be illustrated, but it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that number of apparatuses may be one or more and may be based, at least in part, on a number required to support theelevated roof108. Additionally, theapparatus112 may be shown as tube type apparatuses, but as will be described in detail below, theapparatus112 may have a wide variety of shapes such as, but not limited to, substantially rectangular, conical, etc., and may include solid type members (e.g., rods), and accordingly, the claimed subject matter is not limited in these respects.

In the detailed view ofFIG. 1B, theelevated roof108 may be above the existing roof102 a predetermined distance as shown based, at least in part, on the height of theapparatus112, but it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that theelevated roof108 may be above the existingroof102 based, at least in part, on a desired height of theapparatus112 and the predetermined distance beyond theeave106 of the existingroof102 as previously described. As such, theapparatus112 may be of a wide range of lengths.

As a previously described in detail with respect toFIG. 1A, thesystem100 shown inFIGS. 1A-1B helps facilitate providing theelevated roof108 over the existing102 roof of thestructure104, in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Turning now toFIG. 2 and making references toFIGS. 1A-1B, anexample apparatus200 for providing an elevated roof over an existing roof of a structure in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure may be shown. InFIG. 2, theapparatus200 may be similar to theapparatus112. Theapparatus200 may have a substantiallyvertical member202. Abracket204 may be coupled to afirst end206 of the substantiallyvertical member202. Theapparatus200 may also includes a base208 coupled to asecond end210 of the substantiallyvertical member202. In the embodiment shown inFIG. 2, thebracket204 may be configured to support thesupport beam114. Additionally, thebracket202 may be configured to support thesupport beam114 in a substantially perpendicular orientation relative to the substantiallyvertical member202 and to pivotally support the trailingedge118 of theelevated roof108 over the existingroof102. As shown inFIG. 2, thesecond end210 may be at an opposite end of the substantiallyvertical member202 from thefirst end206, and the base208 may be configured to attach to acomponent212 of thestructure104 through the existingroof102 proximate to theleading edge110 of theelevated roof108. Theapparatus200 illustrated inFIG. 2 may facilitate in providing an elevated roof over an existing roof of a structure in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

InFIG. 2, the substantiallyvertical member202 may be made of a metal pipe. Thebase plate208 may be attached to thecomponent212, which may be a load bearing component as previously described, and as such, thecomponent212 may be configured to support the existingroof102. Additionally, thebase plate208 may be made of a metal plate having a rectangular type shape.

Even though theapparatus200 may be made of metal pipe in this particular example, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that theapparatus200 may be of a wide variety of materials and shapes such as, but not limited to, plastics, composites (e.g., fiber and/or ceramic composites), etc., and accordingly, the claimed subject matter is not limited in these respects.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example of abracket300, which may be utilized with various embodiments of the present disclosure. InFIG. 3, thebracket300 may have a shape configured to pivotally support a support beam (e.g., thesupport beam114 shown inFIGS. 1A-1B). As shown, thebracket300 may include ahole302, which may be configured to accommodate abolt304. Thebolt304 may facilitate attachment of thebracket300 to the substantiallyvertical member202 in a substantially perpendicular orientation relative to the substantiallyvertical member202. That is, the substantiallyvertical member202 may also have a hole (not shown) configured to accommodate thebolt304. Together, thebolt304 and thebracket300 may facilitate pivotally supporting thesupport beam114 along the trailingedge118 of theelevated roof108.

Thebracket300 illustrated inFIG. 3 may have a substantially rectangular shape, but it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that thebracket300 may have a wide variety of shapes based, at least in part, on a shape of thesupport beam114 such as, but not limited to, substantially circular, substantially square, etc., and accordingly, the claimed subject matter is not limited in these respects.

Briefly referring back toFIG. 1B &FIG. 2, theapparatus112 may penetrate the existingroof102 in order to facilitate attachment of the base208 to thecomponent212. In such situations, a flashing (not shown) may be utilized to surround the substantiallyvertical member202 to aid in protecting the existingroof102 and/or various other components of the existingroof102. The flashing may be configured to articulate to substantially match the slope of the existingroof102.

The herein described subject matter sometimes illustrates different components contained within, or connected with, different other components. It is to be understood that such depicted architectures are merely exemplary, and that in fact many other architectures can be implemented which achieve the same functionality. In a conceptual sense, any arrangement of components to achieve the same functionality is effectively “associated” such that the desired functionality is achieved. Hence, any two components herein combined to achieve a particular functionality can be seen as “associated with” each other such that the desired functionality is achieved, irrespective of architectures or intermedial components. Likewise, any two components so associated can also be viewed as being “operably connected”, or “operably coupled”, to each other to achieve the desired functionality, and any two components capable of being so associated can also be viewed as being “operably couplable”, to each other to achieve the desired functionality. Specific examples of operably couplable include but are not limited to physically mateable and/or physically interacting components.

With respect to the use of substantially any plural and/or singular terms herein, those having skill in the art can translate from the plural to the singular and/or from the singular to the plural as is appropriate to the context and/or application. The various singular/plural permutations may be expressly set forth herein for sake of clarity.

It will be understood by those within the art that, in general, terms used herein, and especially in the appended claims (e.g., bodies of the appended claims) are generally intended as “open” terms (e.g., the term “including” should be interpreted as “including but not limited to,” the term “having” should be interpreted as “having at least,” the term “includes” should be interpreted as “includes but is not limited to,” etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is intended, such an intent will be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the absence of such recitation no such intent is present. For example, as an aid to understanding, the following appended claims may contain usage of the introductory phrases “at least one” and “one or more” to introduce claim recitations. However, the use of such phrases should not be construed to imply that the introduction of a claim recitation by the indefinite articles “a” or “an” limits any particular claim containing such introduced claim recitation to embodiments comprising only one such recitation, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases “one or more” or “at least one” and indefinite articles such as “a” or “an” (e.g., “a” and/or “an” should typically be interpreted to mean “at least one” or “one or more”); the same holds true for the use of definite articles used to introduce claim recitations. In addition, even if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is explicitly recited, those skilled in the art will recognize that such recitation should typically be interpreted to mean at least the recited number (e.g., the bare recitation of “two recitations,” without other modifiers, typically means at least two recitations, or two or more recitations). Furthermore, in those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, and C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, and C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). In those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, or C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, or C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that virtually any disjunctive word and/or phrase presenting two or more alternative terms, whether in the description, claims, or drawings, should be understood to contemplate the possibilities of including one of the terms, either of the terms, or both terms. For example, the phrase “A or B” will be understood to include the possibilities of “A” or “B” or “A and B.”

Reference in the specification to “an implementation,” “one implementation,” “some implementations,” or “other implementations” may mean that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with one or more implementations may be included in at least some implementations, but not necessarily in all implementations. The various appearances of “an implementation,” “one implementation,” or “some implementations” in the preceding description are not necessarily all referring to the same implementations.

While certain exemplary techniques have been described and shown herein using various methods and systems, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that various other modifications may be made, and equivalents may be substituted, without departing from claimed subject matter. Additionally, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation to the teachings of claimed subject matter without departing from the central concept described herein. Therefore, it is intended that claimed subject matter not be limited to the particular examples disclosed, but that such claimed subject matter also may include all implementations falling within the scope of the appended claims, and equivalents thereof.

Claims

What is claimed:

1. An apparatus for providing an elevated roof over an existing roof of a structure, the apparatus comprising:

a substantially vertical member;

a bracket coupled to a first end of the substantially vertical member, the bracket configured to support a support beam in a substantially perpendicular orientation relative to the substantially vertical member and to pivotally support a trailing edge of the elevated roof over the existing roof; and

a base coupled to a second end of the substantially vertical member, the second end being at an opposite end of the substantially vertical member from the first end and the base configured to attach to a component of the structure through the existing roof proximate to a leading edge of the elevated roof.

2. The apparatus ofclaim 1, wherein the component comprises a load bearing component of the structure, the load bearing component configured to support the existing roof.

3. The apparatus ofclaim 1, wherein the substantially vertical member comprises a metal pipe.

4. The apparatus ofclaim 1, wherein the bracket comprises a bracket coupled to the first end of the substantially vertical member via a bolt, the bolt configured to facilitate a substantially vertical orientation of the bracket irrespective of the orientation of the substantially vertical member.

5. The apparatus ofclaim 3, wherein the bracket comprises a cross beam bracket.

6. The apparatus ofclaim 1, wherein the base comprises a metal plate having a rectangular type shape.

7. The apparatus ofclaim 1 further comprising flashing around the substantially vertical member proximate where the base attaches to the component of the structure, the flashing configured to articulate to substantially match the slope of the existing roof.

8. A system for providing a covering, the system comprising:

an existing roof, the existing roof disposed over a structure and having an eave; and

an elevated roof disposed on the existing roof, the elevated roof having a leading edge, the leading edge extending beyond the eave of the existing roof to facilitate coverage of a predetermined distance beyond the eave of the existing roof, wherein the elevated roof is disposed on the existing roof via an apparatus comprising:

a substantially vertical member;

a bracket coupled to a first end of the substantially vertical member, the bracket configured to support a member in a substantially perpendicular orientation to the substantially vertical member and to pivotally support a trailing edge of the elevated roof over the existing roof; and

8. The system ofclaim 8, wherein the substantially vertical member comprises a metal pipe.

9. The system ofclaim 8, wherein the bracket comprises a bracket coupled to the first end of the substantially vertical member via a bolt, the bolt configured to facilitate a substantially vertical orientation of the bracket irrespective of the orientation of the substantially vertical member.

10. The system ofclaim 9, wherein the bracket comprises a cross beam bracket.

11. The system ofclaim 8, wherein the elevated roof comprises an elevated roof having a cross beam along a trailing edge of the elevated roof.

12. The system ofclaim 8, wherein the base comprises a metal plate having a rectangular type shape.

13. The system ofclaim 8 further comprising flashing around the substantially vertical member proximate where the base attaches to the component of the structure, the flashing configured to articulate to substantially match the slope of the existing roof.