Roofing tile fastener and locking system

摘要

A cantilevered leaf spring is biased against the upper edge of a roofing tile to prevent the tile from sliding upward beneath an overlying upper row of roofing tiles. The leaf spring can be formed as a part of a tile fastener which includes a hooked portion for receiving and holding the lower edge of a roofing tile on a roof. A series of tile fasteners is mounted to a layer of roofing material to facilitate installation of tiles without the need for installation tools. Damaged tiles can be easily replaced without the need for installation or removal tools. With this system, each row of underlying tiles is locked in place by the combined effect of an overlying and overlapping row of tiles and a spring awl on an upper fastener pushing the upper edge of a tile downwardly so that the lower edge of the tile is forced into the mouth of a lower fastener.

主权项

1. A tile installation assembly, comprising:
a sheet of roofing material; and a plurality of fasteners coupled to said roofing material for receiving and holding a series of tiles on a roof, wherein each of said plurality of fasteners comprises an upper portion, a laterally extending cantilevered spring arm having a free end tile engagement portion spaced laterally from said upper portion and a lower portion having a holding portion for holding a tile on a roof, said free end tile engagement portion resiliently flexing freely upwardly away from said lower portion and providing a spring-biased force downwardly toward said lower portion upon said flexing and wherein said free end tile engagement portion provides a downward biasing force against a top portion of an adjacent tile and allowing removal of tiles from a roof without removal of said fasteners from said sheet of roofing material.