Abstract: A sealing element is provided which is suitable for sealing flat roofs and engineering structures. The sealing element is made of a water-resistant elastomer or plastomer, and comprises a lamelliform structure of substantially circular shape having from four to six waves, inclusively, distributed radially throughout the structure and around the entire circumference of the structure, the amplitudes of which waves increase regularly from the center of the structure towards the circumference. The undulations enable the sealing element to have an effective surface covering more than 360.degree. without straining any region of the element.

Abstract: The invention is an improved awning used on homes, mobile homes, and modular homes, where the area under the awning may be subsequently converted into an additional room. The structure provides a rigid insulating panel between the roofing material panels and the supporting framework to reduce the conduction of temperature extremes and the elimination of condensation on the inside surface of supporting framework.

Abstract: Insulative roof apparatus includes flexible layers of different materials, including insulation and sealing materials, all of which are flexible, to withstand movement of the roof of mobile homes and similar buildings.

Abstract: A connection for joining the edges of a roof sheet to the wall of a railway car without the use of fasteners such as rivets or welds. The connection is weather-tight and includes an interlock feature which effectively carries the loading encountered during operation of the vehicle. A modified version of the interlock forms a trough for channeling water towards the ends of the railway car.

Abstract: A roof having an insulating blanket of plastic foam covered by a protective sheath made up of a shell of reinforced concrete covered by a weather-impervious rubbery textured membrane. The membrane and the shell are married together in the sheath, the shell providing load bearing strength and the membrane protecting the shell and preserving its properties. The shell adheres tenaciously to the insulating blanket and the membrane to the shell. In a preferred construction, the sheath forms a protective bonnet having a girdle surrounding the eaves and verge further anchoring the roof covering to the superstructure of the building. Shingles of special construction preferably make up the insulating blanket. Special cement and latex binder compositions are disclosed for the shell and membrane respectively.

Abstract: A prefabricated structural system including a support frame and prefabricated panels having strength sufficient to bridge spaced support beams under the panel is disclosed. Each panel includes a sheet metal support subpanel having corrugations, a thin flat metal sheet as a top surface, and a layer of insulating foam filling the space therebetween. A Hypalon membrane is intimately and continuously bonded to the thin, flat metal sheet and has Hypalon fasteners disposed along each edge of the Hypalon sheet and connected to the Hypalon sheet by flexible flaps. The panels are disposed in a continuous array and fastener halves are joined and the corners sealed to provide a continuous Hypalon membrane unpenetrated by fastener screws above the array of panels.

Abstract: A coping mounting plate for mounting a coping member is connected to a building parapet, wall or the like which extends above a roof deck. The width of the coping mounting plate is adjustable by a plurality of interlocking keys and keyways for accommodating different wall thicknesses.

Abstract: A prefabricated structural system including a support frame and prefabricated panels having strength sufficient to bridge spaced support beams under the panel is disclosed. Each panel includes a sheet metal support subpanel having corrugations, a thin flat metal sheet as a top surface, and a layer of insulating foam filling the space therebetween. A Hypalon membrane is intimately and continuously bonded to the thin, flat metal sheet and has Hypalon fasteners disposed along each edge of the Hypalon sheet and connected to the Hypalon sheet by flexible flaps. The panels are disposed in a continuous array and fastener halves are joined and the corners sealed to provide a continuous Hypalon membrane unpenetrated by fastener screws above the array of panels.

Abstract: This specification discloses an extruded fascia including an integral deformable clip for sealably compressing roofing material to a water dam. The clip includes a lever receiving notch facilitating deforming the clip and interlocking hooks to lock the clip in the sealing position.

Abstract: A protective cover for a stack of hay bales is provided, the cover comprising a plurality of panels, each of generally shallow inverted V-shape configuration. The panels are disposed side-by-side on the stack with their adjacent edges overlapping. Each panel is provided with a plurality of anchors which project downwardly and engage between certain ones of the bales thereby to assist in preventing the panels from being carried away by the wind.

Abstract: A roof facia arrangement comprising part of an overall facia system is disclosed herein. The arrangement includes a facia receiver which is adapted to rest in a self-aligning fashion against adjoining top and side surfaces at the top edge portion of a building and a facia cover plate which is adapted to interlock with the facia receiver in a horizontally free-floating and moisture sealing fashion. The arrangement also includes a flashing membrane which is adapted to cooperate with the facia receiver and facia cover plate to provide an effective moisture seal at the top edge of the building and which is not pierced or otherwise damaged by fastening elements used in assembling the roof facia arrangement.

Abstract: A roof, that is constituted by a number of contiguous three-dimensional roof pans, has fascia-supporting clips adjacent one side thereof; and has a fascia releasably held by those clips. That fascia also extends along the ends of the roof. The opposite side of the roof is supported by a flashing-like bracket; and that bracket has a shelf-like bottom which extends under, and which is secured to, the roof pans to enable the weight of that opposite side to tend to draw that bracket into intimate engagement with that opposite side. The one side of the roof is underlain and supported by an elongated channel which, in turn, is supported by vertically-directed posts. The upper ends of those posts extend upwardly through openings in a horizontally-directed lower portion of that channel and are co-extensive with, and are directly secured to, the vertically-directed portion of that channel.

Abstract: An anchor assembly for a flexible sheet of a roof covering, or a roof connecting strip, has a hollow section rail running along an upright wall section projecting upward from an edge of the roof, such as a parapet, at a location spaced upwardly from the roof. Such rail has a longitudinal slot bounded by upper and lower generally coplanar flanges and an upwardly projecting pocket-like extension which receives a thickened edge portion of the sheet. The sheet edge portion is thickened and forms a lip which bears against one of the flanges to anchor such edge portion.