Standing seam roof and method of manufacturing same

Abstract

A continuous joint between and along the upwardly projecting side walls of a pair of channel-shaped panels each having a central web with first and second side edges. The first side wall of one panel initially comprises first and second vertical legs and a nail strip connected to the bottom of said first vertical leg. The opposing side wall of the other panel is a vertical leg with an upper, inverted U-shaped channel and formed by: a) locating a first panel with said nail strip to overlay a roof support surface, b) driving fasteners through the nail strip into the roof support surface, c) placing the second side wall of a second roof panel into engagement with the first side wall wherein the inverted U-shaped channel is interfitted over the first side wall, and d) deforming the interfitted side walls to form a deformed standing seam.

1 . In a building structure, the combination of a supporting surface, a series of rigid interlocked metal panels affixed to said supporting surface, each of said panels having a central web with first and second side edges, a side wall connected to and projecting upwardly from each side edge of said central web, 
 a first said side wall comprising:    a first vertical leg and a first base member connected to the upper end of said first vertical leg and having an outer edge located over said first side edge, a nail strip flange in the same plane as said central web connected to the bottom of said first vertical leg,    a second vertical leg contiguous to said first vertical leg, said second vertical leg being connected to a second base member having an outer edge located over said first base member and a connection between the edges of said first and second base members,    said second side wall comprising a third vertical leg with an upper, inverted U-shaped channel formed from a base member having one edge connected to the upper end of said third vertical leg and another edge extending outwardly beyond said second side edge and having a vertical lip member connected to said edge,    said side walls being dimensioned so that the inverted U-shaped channel on one said edge fits on and interlocks with the base and first and second vertical legs of the first side wall of an adjacent metal panel.    
   
   
       2 . In a building structure, the combination of a plurality of spaced supporting members, a series of rigid interlocked metal panels affixed to and enclosing the space between said spaced supporting members, each of said panels having a central web with first and second side edges, a side wall connected to and projecting upwardly from each side edge of said central web, 
 a first said side wall comprising:    a first vertical leg and a first base member connected to the upper end of said first vertical leg and having an outer edge located over said first side edge, a nail strip flange in the same plane as said central web connected to the bottom of said first vertical leg,    a second vertical leg contiguous to said first vertical leg, said second vertical leg being connected to a second base member having an outer edge located over said first base member and a connection between the edges of said first and second base members,    said second side wall comprising a third vertical leg with an upper, inverted U-shaped channel formed from a base member having one edge connected to the upper end of said third vertical leg and another edge extending outwardly beyond said second side edge and having a vertical lip member connected to said edge,    said side walls being dimensioned so that the inverted U-shaped channel on one said edge fits on and interlocks with the base and first and second vertical legs of the first side wall of an adjacent metal panel.    
   
   
       3 . The invention of  claim 1  wherein said nail strip flange defines a plurality of longitudinally spaced holes.  
   
   
       4 . The invention of  claim 3  wherein said holes are an elongated shape.