Roof Hugger awarded new patent

by Jonathan McGaha | 13 December 2011 12:00 am

Roof Hugger, Inc. of Lutz, Fla, recently received Patent number 8024906 from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

Roof Huggers’ latest patent is designed for existing standing seam metal roofs that were originally installed with high stand-off clips and thermal spacers. This new sub-purlin system addresses the problem of the existing panels floating above the building purlins with special standoff fasteners. In addition, the Huggers have a new and unique “anti-rotational arm” to prevent “rolling” when the new metal roof reacts to thermal forces. In some cases this part can also be incorporated to brace taller than normal Huggers when adding 6″ of insulation or more between the old and new metal roofs.

For more information on Roof Hugger, visit www.roofhugger.com[1] or call 1-800-771-1711

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