US1006562A

US1006562A - Roofing-bracket.

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Publication number: US1006562A
Application number: US58139010A
Authority: US
Inventors: George B Kefover
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-09-10
Filing date: 1910-09-10
Publication date: 1911-10-24
Anticipated expiration: 1928-10-24

Description

G. B. KEFOVER.

ROOFING BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10, 1910.

Patented Oct. 24, 1911.

GEORGE B. KEFOVER, OF UNION'IOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

ROOFING-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. September 10, 1910.

Patented Oct. 24, 1911.

Serial No. 581,390.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. Knrovnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Uniontown, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RoofingBrackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an adjustable bracket that may be used in shingling or slat-ing roofs, or in performing any work or repairs that may be necessary on the roof of a house in the course of construction or already'completed, for the purpose of supporting the end of a scaffold, and is adjustable, to be used with equal efiect upon a roof of any inclination.

The object of my invention is to provide an inexpensive, strong, light, and portable bracket of few parts for carpenters, slaters and others, that can be at once adjusted in place to hold the scaffolding, thereby saving the time required in ordinary cases to construct the same.

A further object is to provide a strap which is adapted to be removably connected to a specially constructed hitching plate and bracket frame, so that said strap can be easily inserted, or removed from the plate or bracket, after the slate or shingles are in place.

My invention consists of features of con struction and relative arrangementsof the several parts which will be hereinafter more clearly described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which the several parts are indicated by the same reference characters in the several figures: Figure 1, is a longitudinal sectional view of my invention; Fig. 2, is an isometric projection of the fastening plate, strap and bracket connected together; Fig. 3, is a longitudinal section of the bracket in its folded position; Fig. 4, is a plan View of the fastening plate.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 4, my invention is provided with a-bracket frame, having a bottom section 2,

end walls

3, 3, and side walls 4, 4. To the inside of the side walls 4, 4, is pivoted at 5, a U-shaped support 6, within which is hinged at 7, the

legs

8, 8, suitably and preferably connected by curved pieces 9, 9, as shown in Fig. 2. The free ends of the

legs

8, 8, are provided with circular notches 10, adapted to engage the different

parallel rods

11, 11, secured on the inside at one end of the bracket frame. At the free end of the support 6, is rigidly connected an upwardly projecting extension 12, the function of which will be hereinafter fully explained. At the other end of the bracket frame is secured a plate 13, slightly above the bottom 2, and provided with four V-shaped slits or

openings

14, 14, to be engaged by one end of a strap 15, passing through an opening 20, in the end wall 3 and above the plate 13, said strap having tongues 16, at one end adapted to pass into the slits 14 and firmly locked therein by an adjustable stop or catch 17, held in any posi tion by means of a slot 18, and bolt, provided with a thumb nut 19.

18 is a holding plate having V-shaped slits 14, and suitable nail openings 21, by which it may be securely fastened to a roof in such a manner as to receive and firmly engage the upper end of the strap 15, provided with similarly arranged tongues 16, as those engaging the slits 14, of the bracket frame.

From the foregoing description, it will readily be seen that after plates 13, have been properly spaced and secured to the roof to be shingled or slated, one simply hooks or fastens at one end two or more straps 15, to as many plates 13, and at the other end of each strap is similary secured a bracket frame by means of the adjustable catch 17. The support 6, of each frame is elevated so that it is in a horizontal plane and held in such position by means of the legs '8, 8, engaging by means of notches 10, the proper rod or rim 11, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and thus adapting said bracket to accommodate itself to all roof inclinations as shown for example in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The scaffolding or platform sections 22, see Fig. 1 connecting the several bracket supports are firmly held upon the supports 6, by means of bent projections 12. When it is desired to remove the bracket from the roof, all that is necessary is to unfasten the bracket support from one end of the strap 15, by unlocking the catch 17 which permits unlocking the

tongues

16, 16, from the

slits

14, 14, and slipping the end of straps 15, through the opening 20. After the bracket support is detached from one end of the strap 15, the upper end of said strap can be easily and quickly detached from the holding plate 13, by an upward movement which removes from engagement the tongues 16 from the slits 14, in plate 13. The bracket support can be readily reduced to a compact form as indicated in Fig. 3, by folding the

legs

8, 8, into the plane of the support 6.

What I claim is:

1. A roof bracket comprising a bottom section having slits and adapted to rest upon the roof, an independent plate having slits and adapted to be attached to the roof, a strap having tongues on each of its ends removably engaging the slits of the bottom section and plate, a support pivotally connected to the bottom section, and means for holding the support at various angular positions with respect to the bottom section.

2. A roof bracket comprising a bottom section having slits and adapted to rest upon the roof, an independent plate having slits and adapted to be attached to the roof, a strap having tongues on each of its ends removably engaging the slits of the bottom section and plate, a support pivotally connected to the bottom section, means on said support for fastening a platform, and means for holding the support at various angular positions with respect to the bottom section.

3. A roof bracket comprising a bottom section adapted to rest upon the roof and having a false bottom provided with slits, an independent plate having slits and adapted to be attached to the roof, a strap having tongues on each of its ends removably engaging the slits of the false bottom section and plate, a support pivotally connected to the bottom section, and means for holding the support at various angular positions with respect to the bottom section.

4:. A roof bracket comprising a rectangular bottom section adapted to rest upon the roof and having an opening in one of its ends and slits on its bottom, an independent plate having slits and adapted to be attached to the roof, a strap having tongues on each of its ends removably engaging the slits of the bottom section and plate, said strap passing through the opening of the bottom section, a support pivotally connected to the bottom section, and means for holding the support at various angular positions with respect to the bottom section.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE B. KEFOVER. Witnesses GEO. W. SEMANs, LEE SMITH.

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