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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2014
Timothy Pendley, Madera, CA (US);
Michael J. Mclain, Green Bay, WI (US);
Timothy Pendley, Madera, CA (US);
Michael J. McLain, Green Bay, WI (US);
T&M Inventions, LLC, Green Bay, WI (US);
Abstract
A load support structure supports a load on a metal panel roof. Such load support structure includes multiple closure members including opposing side rails, and optionally end closures. The rails are mounted on roof panel ribs. Cavities can be disposed inwardly of the outer perimeter of the support structure as defined by the closure members, in upper portions of the closure members. Rods may be inserted through slot-shaped openings, into the cavities. Cross-section dimensions of the rods are less than the widths of the cavity openings. Either the rods are compressed, or the cavity openings are expanded, or both, so as to enable manually inserting the rods into the cavities. Elongate thermal breaks may be installed at and adjacent the cavities, to assist in controlling thermal conduction through the closure members, between the outside environment and the enclosed space above the roof opening.