Snow guard

Abstract

A snow guard including a resilient body with a slot for receiving a portion of a standing seam of a metal roof. The resilient body has a pair of apertures on opposite sides of the slot into which can be inserted the jaws of a tool for manipulating the resilient body to selectively widen the slot to facilitate the installation of the snow guard upon the standing seam of a metal roof. The resilient body also has a number of teeth projecting into the slot adjacent each of the apertures for gripping the standing seam of a metal roof positioned within the slot. A pair of wings extends outwardly from the resilient body for impeding the downward movement of snow and ice on a roof.

1 . A snow guard, comprising: 
 a resilient body having a slot for receiving a portion of a standing seam of a metal roof, 
 said resilient body also having a pair of apertures on opposite sides of said slot into which can be inserted the jaws of a tool for manipulating said resilient body to selectively widen said slot to facilitate the installation of said snow guard upon the standing seam of a metal roof, said resilient body further having a plurality of teeth projecting into said slot adjacent each of said apertures for gripping the standing seam of a metal roof positioned within said slot; and,  
   a pair of wings extending outwardly from said resilient body for impeding the downward movement of matter on a roof.    
   
   
       2 . The snow guard according to  claim 1  wherein said resilient body and said wings are integrally formed from a single sheet of spring steel.  
   
   
       3 . The snow guard according to  claim 1  wherein said resilient body further includes a protruding lip beneath each of said apertures for guiding the jaws of a tool into said apertures.  
   
   
       4 . A snow guard, comprising: 
 a resilient body including: 
 a pair of rectangular plates being positioned side-by-side so as to define a slot therebetween, each of said plates having: 
 an aperture therein for receiving the jaws of the tool capable of spreading said plates away from one another;  
 opposed ends; and,  
 a plurality of teeth being positioned adjacent said aperture for engaging the standing seam of a metal roof, each of said teeth projecting into said slot and toward one of said opposed ends;  
 
 a crosspiece connecting the tops of said rectangular plates; and,  
   a pair of wings extending outwardly from said resilient body, each of said wings being secured to a respective one of said rectangular plates at the end thereof away from which said teeth project.    
   
   
       5 . A snow guard assembly, comprising: 
 a snow guard including: 
 a resilient body having a slot for receiving a portion of a standing seam of a metal roof, said resilient body also having a pair of apertures on opposite sides of said slot into which can be inserted the jaws of a tool for manipulating said resilient body to selectively widen said slot to facilitate the installation of said snow guard upon the standing seam of a metal roof, said resilient body further having a plurality of teeth projecting into said slot adjacent each of said apertures for gripping the standing seam of a metal roof positioned within said slot; and,  
 a pair of wings extending outwardly from said resilient body for impeding the downward movement of matter on a roof; and,  
   a clip releasably fastened to said snow guard, said clip including: 
 a pair of arms positioned on opposite sides of said resilient body, each of said arms having a transverse bore in the top thereof;  
 a crosspiece connecting the tops of said arms together;  
 a finger projecting from the bottom of each of said arms into a respective one of said apertures in said resilient body; and,  
   a snow-retaining rail slidably extending through said transverse bore in each of said arms of said clip.