Abstract: The device holds articles on a sloping roof and comprises a holding portion and an attaching portion. The holding portion has a structural configuration to contain the articles and the attaching portion is effective to fit between successive courses of roofing shingles fixed on the sloping roof. The attaching portion includes a bent end flange effective to hook downwardly over the top edge of the lower course of successive courses of shingles. The device has a first end section, a base end section, a back section, an insertion section and a second end section. Each of these sections are connected to each other by a series of bends in a single piece of material having five sections and four bends.