US 12,291,873 B2
Snowguard
Brian Cecil Stearns, Tucson, AZ (US); Kris Michaud, Morristown, VT (US); and Crystal Fletcher, Morristown, VT (US)
Assigned to Vermont Slate & Copper Services, Inc., Morrisville, VT (US)
Filed by Vermont Slate & Copper Services, Inc., Morristown, VT (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/057,748.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/281,569, filed on Nov. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0160209 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. E04D 13/10 (2006.01)
CPC E04D 13/10 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A snowguard, comprising:
a shaft having a first end and a second end, the shaft having a first body disposed between the first end and the second end, the shaft shaped and sized to be installed in a keyway defined between a pair of roofing shingles, wherein the shaft is retained in the keyway between the pair of roofing shingles;
an attachment point disposed at the first end of the shaft, the attachment point defining a first aperture;
a fastener installable through the attachment point;
a flashing defining a pair of flashing tabs on a downslope side of the flashing, the flashing tabs defining a fastener channel, the flashing installable between the fastener and the attachment point, the fastener configured to compress the flashing against the attachment point;
a support member having a third end and a fourth end, the support member having a second body defined between the third end and the fourth end, the third end of the support member operatively coupled to the second end of the shaft, and extending away from the shaft at a first angle; and
a snow catcher operatively coupled to the fourth end of the support member and the first body at a point between the first end and the second end.