摘要 |
A stress plate for use with a threaded fastener for securing relatively soft insulation to a solid base, such as in a roofing environment, includes a general ly planar main body with an underside, an aperture on the main body configured for receivi ng the fastener, and a sleeve circumscribing the aperture and depending from the unders ide a sufficient distance to receive the fastener and maintain the fastener perpendicu lar to the plate, especially when the plate is located intermediate the fastener ends. In t he preferred embodiment, the fastener is threaded with a defined pitch of the thread, and the sleeve is dimensioned to span at least one pitch of the fastener.
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