US 11,725,688 B2
Flat roof mounting device
Shawn J. Meine, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Carolyn D. Kitchel, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to Solsera, Inc.
Filed by Solsera, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/930,258.
Application 16/930,258 is a continuation of application No. 16/775,543, filed on Jan. 29, 2020, granted, now 10,767,684.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/839,486, filed on Apr. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0340519 A1, Oct. 29, 2020
Int. Cl. F16B 43/00 (2006.01); E04D 5/14 (2006.01); E04D 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 43/001 (2013.01) [E04D 15/04 (2013.01); E04D 5/145 (2013.01); E04D 2015/047 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A roof mounting device for covering a roof penetration in a roof, the roof mounting device comprising:
a base formed from a sheet of material, the base including a top, a bottom, a socket depending from the top toward the bottom, and an outer perimeter structure encircling the socket and depending downward from the top to the bottom, wherein the base has a rim proximate the top, the rim defined by a flat annulus, and wherein the socket depends from the top to a flat seat which continuously encircles a central bore at a bottom of the socket, the central bore configured to receive a fastener;
an internal reservoir defined between the top and bottom of the base for holding a sealant against and in cooperation with the roof, the internal reservoir comprising an upper cavity and a lower cavity;
the upper cavity bound within the socket; and
the lower cavity continuously encircling the socket at least partially in the same horizontal or vertical plane and extending both below the socket and between the socket and the outer perimeter structure.