Snow guard system member
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FIG. 1 is top view of a snow guard system member, showing my new design;
FIG. 2 is a right side view thereof, the left side being in essence a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 3 is a front, inverted view thereof so that the face of the snow restraining member appears to be at the bottom thereof;
FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof; and,
FIG. 6 is a perspective, upraised view thereof, with the snow restraining member appearing to approach the viewer's left side.
FIG. 7 is a bottom view of another embodiment of a snow guard system member, showing my new design, the same having, in lieu of the squarelike-U-shaped installation flange end barrier seen in FIGS. 2-6, a straight installation flange end barrier otherwise of the same general height from the bottom of the base as that squarelike-U-shaped flange barrier, with the present member appearing otherwise analogously to the member of FIGS. 1-4 & 6.
FIG. 8 is a bottom view of another embodiment of a snow guard system member, showing my new design, the same having a flat base bottom, with the present member appearing otherwise analogously to the member of FIGS. 1-4 & 6.
FIG. 9 is a top, rear perspective view of the snow guard system member of FIGS. 1-6 attached in its working environment to an installation flange, illustrated in phantom and forming no part of the present design, which, for example, can be mounted to a shingle of a slate roof.
The phantom holes in FIGS. 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are shown for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 28, 1999
Date of Patent: Feb 1, 2000
Assignee: M.J. Mullane Company, Inc. (Hudson, MA)
Inventor: Michael J. Mullane (Hudson, MA)
Primary Examiner: Susan J. Lucas
Assistant Examiner: Jennifer Rivard
Attorney: Christopher John Rudy
Application Number: 0/104,098
International Classification: 0899;
