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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
John P Canavan, Indian Wells, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
52306 ; 52200 ; 52518 ; 52478 ; 52549 ;
Abstract
A light transmitting roofing structure for a building having spaced apart rafters, and a method of use thereof, has a plurality of concave pan tiles mounted on and attached to the rafters, with a plurality of convex roof tiles attached to the rafters and overlapping the pan tiles on either side. The pan tiles are made of a light transmitting material. The roof tiles are similar to traditional roof tiles, giving the roofing structure the external appearance of a traditional roof.