US1241335A - Roofing-bracket. - Google Patents

Description

J. R. BOYD.

ROOFING BRACKET. APPLICATION mam/m. s 1911.

1,241 ,335 Patented $6M. 25; 1917 Witnesses JOE-LI BQBEBT BOYD, Q33 ASHEVILLE, NQR-TH GAEGLINA.

RQOFEBTG-BRAGKET.

Application filed January 3, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. Born, a citi- Zen of the," United States, residing at Ashe ville, in he county of Bunconibe and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Roofing-Bracket, of which the following is a specification The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be employed for holding a scaffold bar on a roof.

One object of the invention is to provide a novel form of interlocking element between the support which remains perinanenty assembled with the roof, and the hanger which carries the scaffold bar.

Another object of the invention is to im-- prove the construction of the hanger, so that it will possess unusual strength,

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

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description procoeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, Without departing from the spiritof the invention.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 shows the invention in top .plan, applied to a portion of a roof;

Fig.2 is a top plan showing a portion of a roof, the view depicting a method, slightly different from the one shown in Fig. l, for mounting the structure on a roof; v

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken approximately on the line 3-3 of Fig. l;

ig. e is a perspective view showing ti o hanger; and

. 5 is a perspective view showing the carrying out present invention is provided a support denoted gen loy the numeral 1, and preferably in form of a strip of metal, which ordiv is bendable. Adjacent its upper end, thesa iport is provided with holes 2 adapt- "ecl to receive nails or the like, whereby the support may be secured to a roof board, case the support 1 is used In connection with rigid shingles 3, as indicated in Fig. 1, then the le er and the s pp rt 1 r i ts Specification of Letters Patent. Patentgfl Sept 25, 1391?,

Serial Ho. 140,469.

downwardly below the lower edge 4% o one 2 by the reference character 5, then the support 1 may be housed completely beneath the shingles, since the shingles may be turned up to ive access to the lower end ofthe support 1, for a purpose which will he described hereinafter. In 2 of the drawings, the lower. edges of the flexible shingles of the course beneath which support 1 is housed, are indicated by the reference, character 6. Adjacent its lower end, the support 1 is supplied with an ohlong opening 7. At this poini it is to be observed that the support 1 remains perinanently connected with the roof after the shingles or'the roofing of any other kind has been laid, it being thus possible, as will be manifest when the nature of the invention is better understood, to assemble scafiold with the root from time to time, after the roof has been completed and laid.

The invention comprises a hanger denoted generally by the reference character 8 and shown in detail in F l of the drawings. The hanger 8 preferably is made of metal and includes a strip comprising parts 9 and 10 connected by a reduced neck 11 having depending arms 12 supplied with outwardly projecting fingers 1% located below the lower faces of the elements 9 10. The lower end of the part 10 is bent as shown at 15 to form an inclined brace 16 having a foot 17 disposed approximately at right angles to the part 10. The humeral l8 denotes a ll-shaped stirrup, ordinarily madeof metal. One arm of the stirrup 18 rests on the part 10 and is secured thereto by attaching ole inents 19. In the free arm of the stirrup 18 there is formed an opening 20; The foot 1? engages the hase' 21 or" the stirrup l8 and is held thereto by a securing element 22. ihe brace 16 and its foot 1? serve to reinf and sustain the base portion 23 oi the stirrup. 7

in. practical. operation, the strip turned until it stands approximately angles to the support 1, as indicated in dotted lines in 1. fingers 1e hen are passed downwardly through the oblong opening i'in the support 1. The strip S 10 and parts carried thereby are then swung around until they alined with the support 1, under which circumstances, the finseerill e se b nea h he ar upon opposite sides of the oblong opening 7, and prevent an accidental detachment of the hanger 8 from the support 1. The scaffold bar 23, which may be a two-by-four, is

inserted into the stirrup 18, and a nail 24:

may be driven through the opening 20, into the scaffold bar, to hold the same in place.

It is to be observed that in the present invention, the supports 1 remain permanently engaged with the roof. When it is desired to repair the roof, the hanger 8 is engaged with the support 1, in the manner hereinbefore set forth, and the scaffold bar 23 is then mounted in the stirrup 18 as hereinbefore described. Although it has been mentioned that the structure is adapted for use in repairing a roof, it isobvious that it is of equal utility in laying the roof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a supporthaving an elongated openin means for securing the support to a roo and a hanger including spaced parts connected by a reduced neck having depending arms provided with outstanding fingers, the fingers being insertible through the opening in the support when the hanger stands approximately at right angles to the support, the fingers engaging beneath the support, on opposite sides of the opening, whenthe hanger is disposed in alinement with the support.

' 2. In a device of the class described, a support; means for securing the support to a roof; a strip the lower end of which is bent to form an inclined brace having an outstanding foot; a stirrup including a base engaged by the foot, a ree arm, and an arm cooperating with the strip; means for securing the last specified arm of the stir rup to the strip to serve as a reinforcement for the strip; and detachably interengaging elements'carried by the strip and the support. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN ROBERT BOYD.

Witnesses:

J. E. BROOKSHIRE, J. B. CUM.-

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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