Standing seam panel clips

Abstract

A standing seam roof assembly in which a male sidelap extends from one side edge of a panel and a female sidelap extends from the opposing side edge. The female sidelap, supporting a sealant bead, is shaped fit over the male sidelap. A clip member has a clip tab shaped to be seamed with the male and female sidelaps to connect the standing seam assembly in the assembled mode. The clip tab, having a clip inclined portion with at least one sealant flow hole, with the male and female sidelaps forms lower and upper sealant chambers along a clip tab, the sealant flow hole communicating between the upper sealant chamber and the lower sealant chamber to spread sealant to encapsulate the clip tab. The clip has a clip body slidably connected to a clip base having protruding bearing feet to penetrate and compress insulation when mounted to support structure.

1 . In a standing seam roof assembly in which roof panels are supported by underlying support structure in overlapping edge relationship to form a standing seam assembly, the improvement comprising: 
 a male sidelap extending from a panel and having a male leg member;    a female sidelap extending from a second panel, the female sidelap having a female leg member shaped to fit over the male leg member;    sealant supported by one of the female leg member and the male leg member; and    clip means for connecting the male and female sidelaps to the support structure, the clip means forming an upper sealant chamber and a lower sealant chamber, the sealant disposed in the upper and lower sealant chambers in the assembled mode and encapsulating a portion of the clip tab.    
     
     
         2 . The standing seam roof assembly of  claim 1  wherein the clip means has a clip tab shaped to engage and be retained with the male leg member and the female leg member in the assembled mode, the clip tab having a clip inclined portion cooperating with the male and female leg members to form the upper and lower sealant chambers.  
     
     
         3 . The standing seam roof assembly of  claim 2  wherein the clip inclined portion has a sealant flow hole communicating between the upper and lower sealant chambers.  
     
     
         4 . The standing seam roof assembly of  claim 3  wherein the sealant is supported by the female leg member to align with the clip the upper sealant chamber of the inclined portion of the clip tab in the assembled mode.  
     
     
         5 . The standing seam roof assembly of  claim 4  wherein the sealant is caused to partially extrude through the sealant flow hole from the upper sealant chamber to the lower sealant chamber while assuming the assembled mode.  
     
     
         6 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 5  wherein a portion of the sealant in the upper and lower sealant chambers is caused to flow around the edges of the clip tab in the assembled mode.  
     
     
         7 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 6  wherein the female leg has a clip tab has a clip dimple portion supporting one end of the clip inclined portion.  
     
     
         8 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 9  wherein the clip tab has clip end edges, and wherein the clip inclined portion has a clip end notch in at least one of the clip end edges.  
     
     
         9 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 8  wherein the clip end notch is tapered.  
     
     
         10 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 9  wherein the clip end notch is coined to be smooth and substantially burr free.  
     
     
         11 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 10  wherein the clip means comprises: 
 a clip body;    a clip base slidably supporting the clip body.    
     
     
         12 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 11  wherein the clip body has a groove forming connector, and where the base has a clip retaining tongue disposed to be received in the groove forming connector whereby the clip body is permitted to slide relative to the clip base.  
     
     
         13 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 12  wherein the clip base further comprises: 
 stop means for limiting the sliding movement of the clip body along the clip base.    
     
     
         14 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 13  wherein the clip base has a plurality of bearing feet spaced to support the clip base on the underlying support structure.  
     
     
         15 . In a standing seam roof assembly in which roof panels are supported by underlying support structure in overlapping edge relationship to form a standing seam assembly, the improvement comprising: 
 a male sidelap extending from a panel and having a male leg member;    a female sidelap extending from a second panel, the female sidelap having a female leg member shaped to fit over the male leg member;    sealant supported by one of the female leg member and the male leg member; and    clip means for connecting the male and female sidelaps to the support structure, the clip means having a clip tab shaped to engage and be retained with the male leg member and the female leg member in the assembled mode, the clip tab having a clip inclined portion on the clip tab and cooperating with the male leg member and the female leg member to form a lower sealant chamber and an upper sealant chamber, the clip inclined portion having a sealant flow hole communicating between the upper sealant chamber and the lower sealant chamber, the sealant extruded between the upper sealant chamber and the lower sealant chamber to encapsulate a portion of the clip tab.    
     
     
         16 . The standing seam roof assembly of  claim 15  wherein the sealant is supported by the female leg member to align with the clip the upper sealant chamber of the inclined portion of the clip tab in the assembled mode.  
     
     
         17 . The standing seam roof assembly of  claim 16  wherein the sealant is caused to partially extrude through the sealant flow hole from the upper sealant chamber to the lower sealant chamber while assuming the assembled mode.  
     
     
         18 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 17  wherein a portion of the sealant in the upper and lower sealant chambers is caused to flow around the edges of the clip tab in the assembled mode.  
     
     
         19 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 18  wherein the female leg has a clip dimple portion supporting one end of the clip inclined portion.  
     
     
         20 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 19  wherein the clip tab has clip end edges, and wherein the clip inclined portion has a clip end notch in at least one of the clip end edges.  
     
     
         21 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 20  wherein each clip end notch is tapered.  
     
     
         22 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 23  wherein each clip end notch is coined to be smooth and substantially burr free.  
     
     
         23 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 22  wherein the clip means comprises: 
 a clip body;    a clip base slidably supporting the clip body.    
     
     
         24 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 23  wherein the clip body has a groove forming connector, and where the base has a clip retaining tongue disposed to be received in the groove forming connector whereby the clip body is permitted to slide relative to the clip base.  
     
     
         25 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 24  wherein the clip base further comprises: 
 stop means for limiting the sliding movement of the clip body along the clip base.    
     
     
         26 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 25  wherein the clip base has a plurality of bearing feet spaced to support the clip base on the underlying support structure.  
     
     
         27 . In a standing seam roof assembly in which roof panels supported by underlying support structure overlap to form a standing seam assembly, the improvement comprising: 
 a male sidelap extending from a first panel and having a male leg member;    a female sidelap extending from a second panel and supporting a bead of sealant, the female sidelap shaped to fit over the male sidelap;    a clip member having a clip tab shaped to hook over the male sidelap between the female sidelap and the leg member of the male sidelap, the clip tab having an inclined portion supported over the male leg member and forming a sealant chamber there between, the inclined portion having a sealant flow hole communicating from above the clip tab to the sealant chamber, the bead of sealant supported by the female sidelap above the inclined portion in the assembled mode, and whereas a portion of the sealant is extruded through the sealant hole during assembly to encapsulate the inclined portion of the clip tab whereby a water tight dam to prevent water penetration is formed.    
     
     
         28 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 27  wherein a portion of the sealant in the upper and lower sealant chambers is caused to flow around the edges of the clip tab in the assembled mode.  
     
     
         29 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 28  wherein the clip tab has clip end edges, and wherein the clip inclined portion has a clip end notch in at least one of the clip end edges.  
     
     
         30 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 29  wherein each clip end notch is tapered.  
     
     
         31 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 30  wherein each clip end notch is coined to be smooth and substantially burr free.  
     
     
         32 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 31  wherein the clip means comprises: 
 a clip body;    a clip base slidably supporting the clip body.    
     
     
         33 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 32  wherein the clip body has a groove forming connector, and where the base has a clip retaining tongue disposed to be received in the groove forming connector whereby the clip body is permitted to slide relative to the clip base.  
     
     
         34 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 33  wherein the clip base further comprises: 
 stop means for limiting the sliding movement of the clip body along the clip base.    
     
     
         35 . The standing seam assembly of  claim 34  wherein the clip base has a plurality of bearing feet spaced to support the clip base on the underlying support structure.