US 11,746,530 B2
Multiple roof curbs for supporting a rooftop mechanical unit
Barry A. Rogers, Novelty, OH (US); Jeffrey J. Morris, Streetsboro, OH (US); and Alex Sestak, North Ridgeville, OH (US)
Assigned to AUSTIN BUILDING AND DESIGN INC., Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed by AUSTIN BUILDING AND DESIGN INC., Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/336,819.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/046,005, filed on Jun. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0404186 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. E04D 13/14 (2006.01)
CPC E04D 13/1407 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A building comprising a roof and a rooftop mechanical unit, the rooftop mechanical unit extending in a lengthwise direction and having a length and a width, the length being more than 15 feet and being greater than the width, the rooftop mechanical unit having first and second lengthwise sides and being supported on top of the roof by at least a first roof curb and a second roof curb, each of the first roof curb and the second roof curb having a length extending in a longitudinal direction, said length of each of the first and second roof curbs being at least 8 feet and less than 15 feet;
the first roof curb having a first wall extending at least 8 feet adjacent the first lengthwise side of the rooftop mechanical unit, the second roof curb having a first wall extending adjacent the first lengthwise side of the rooftop mechanical unit, a first side gap being provided between adjacent ends of the first roof curb first wall and the second roof curb first wall;
the first roof curb having a second wall extending at least 8 feet adjacent the second lengthwise side of the rooftop mechanical unit, the second roof curb having a second wall extending adjacent the second lengthwise side of the rooftop mechanical unit, a second side gap being provided between adjacent ends of the first roof curb second wall and the second roof curb second wall;
a first wind gap being provided which extends underneath the rooftop mechanical unit in a direction transverse to said longitudinal direction of the first and second roof curbs, ends of the first wind gap being defined by the first side gap and the second side gap.