	US 12,247,395 B2
	Hybrid snow and ice retention system
Brian Stearns, Tucson, AZ (US); and Kris Michaud, Morrisville, VT (US)
Assigned to Vermont Slate & Copper Services, Inc., Morrisville, VT (US)
Filed by Vermont Slate & Copper Services, Inc., Morrisville, VT (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/170,395.
Application 18/170,395 is a continuation of application No. 17/167,026, filed on Feb. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,624,188, issued on Apr. 11, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/969,584, filed on Feb. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0060300 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E04D 13/00 (2006.01); E01F 7/04 (2006.01); E04B 7/18 (2006.01); E04D 13/10 (2006.01)

CPC E04B 7/18 (2013.01) [E01F 7/04 (2013.01); E04D 13/10 (2013.01)]

13 Claims

1. A bracket, comprising: a mounting strap; a hybrid pad comprising a face portion and a support portion, the face portion and the support portion being operatively coupled together, the hybrid pad operatively coupled to the mounting strap, the face portion, comprising, a stiffening rib defined in a front surface of the face portion, the stiffening rib defining a first load plane, and the face portion defining a first rod notch on a first side of the face portion and a second rod notch on a second side of the face portion, the stiffening rib being defined between the first side and the second side, the first rod notch and the second rod notch defining a second load plane; at least one rod mountable to the hybrid pad and configured to contact the face portion at the stiffening rib in the first load plane and the first rod notch and the second rod notch in the second load plane.