Shoes for Quick Connect Roof Jack and Roof Clip

Abstract

A shoe protects a roof material from direct contact with a roof jack; the roof jack connects to a quick connect roof clip via a projection. The quick connect roof jack and roof clip are releasable; the quick connect roof clip may be left in place for later use.

1 . A shoe for attachment to a roof jack comprising:
 a bar perpendicular to the anticipated fall-line of a roof;   a pad attached to the bottom of the bar; and   first clamp to attach the shoe to a roof jack.   
     
     
         2 . The shoe according to  claim 1  wherein the first clamp to attach the shoe to the roof jack is a first clamp to releasably attach the shoe to the roof jack. 
     
     
         3 . The shoe according to  claim 2  wherein the first clamp to releasably attach the shoe to a roof jack further comprises a bolt attached to a nut, which bolt is secured to the bar, which bolt passes through an opening in the plate, which nut is above the plate, and which nut is larger than the opening in the plate, and which nut may be screwed down to tighten the releasable attachment between the shoe and the roof jack or screwed up to loosen the releasable attachment between the shoe and the roof jack. 
     
     
         4 . The shoe according to  claim 1  wherein the first clamp to attach the shoe to a roof jack further comprises a plate, which plate is attached to the bar at a first end of the plate, wherein the plate and the bar form a first opening into which a portion of the roof jack may be inserted, which first end of the plate is opposite from the first opening. 
     
     
         5 . The shoe according to  claim 4  wherein the plate attached to the bar at the first end of the plate is attached by two fasteners. 
     
     
         6 . The shoe according to  claim 4  wherein the plate comprises a first bend, an angled section, and a second bend, which second bend returns the remainder of the plate to a horizontal aspect. 
     
     
         7 . The shoe according to  claim 1  further comprising a roof jack. 
     
     
         8 . The shoe according to  claim 7  wherein the roof jack comprises hardware to connect the roof jack to a roof clip. 
     
     
         9 . The shoe according to  claim 8  wherein the hardware to connect the roof jack to a roof clip comprises a projection for insertion into an opening in a roof clip. 
     
     
         10 . The shoe according to  claim 9  wherein the projection for insertion into a roof clip may be lowered, relative to the bottom of the roof jack, and secured in the lowered position, to allow the projection to be inserted into the opening in a roof clip when the shoe is attached to the roof jack. 
     
     
         11 . The shoe according to  claim 10  wherein the projection for insertion into a roof clip is attached to an attachment head, which attachment head is attached to the roof jack via one or more bolts. 
     
     
         12 . The shoe according to  claim 11  wherein nuts on the one or more bolts may be removed, the attachment head removed, a spacer between the attachment head and the roof jack removed and replaced with a smaller spacer, the attachment head returned, and the nuts replaced on the bolts. 
     
     
         13 . The shoe according to  claim 9  wherein the projection for insertion into a roof clip projects below the bottom of the roof jack, but not below the bottom of the shoe. 
     
     
         14 . The shoe according to  claim 9  wherein the projection for insertion into a roof clip is an extended projection. 
     
     
         15 . The shoe according to  claim 14  wherein the extended projection is longer relative to a non-extended projection. 
     
     
         16 . The shoe according to  claim 11  wherein the the projection may be removed by removing a nut and replaced with a longer projection, forming an extended projection. 
     
     
         17 . The shoe according to  claim 16  wherein the extended projection projects below the bottom of the roof jack, but not below the bottom of the shoe. 
     
     
         18 . The shoe according to  claim 1  wherein the first clamp to releasably attach the shoe to a roof jack further comprises a bolt secured to the bar, which bolt may be passed through an opening in a roof jack, and further comprising a nut, which nut may be screwed onto the bolt to releasably attach the shoe to the roof jack. 
     
     
         19 . The shoe according to  claim 18  wherein the opening in a roof jack is a slot. 
     
     
         20 . The shoe according to  claim 1  wherein the bar distributes force transmitted by the roof jack over a larger area of a roof than a roof jack without the shoe.