US 11,668,095 B2
Roofing flash adapter cap and method of installing flash
Peter J. Shadwell, Longmeadow, MA (US); and Richard L. Belinda, Westfield, MA (US)
Assigned to OMG, Inc., Agawam, MA (US)
Filed by OMG, Inc., Agawam, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/444,001.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/058,051, filed on Jul. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0034093 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. E04D 13/14 (2006.01)
CPC E04D 13/1407 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A roof mount installation assembly comprising:
a roof mount having a base with an outer periphery and a threaded post;
a flashing patch having an opening, wherein the flashing patch is configured to surround the base, and wherein the opening is configured to allow the threaded post to extend therethrough; and
a removable adapter cap with an outer edge configured to be a removably mounted over the flashing patch with the outer edge circumscribing the outer periphery of the roof mount such that the adapter cap envelops the roof mount and an inner portion of the flashing patch and applies a force to the flashing patch around the outer periphery of the roof mount for sealing an outer portion of the flashing patch around the roof mount and then (b) removed from the flashing patch, yielding an installed roof mount with flashing patch sealed around the roof mount.