Snow stop includes a base member, and a snow-restraining member. The snow stop can have a series of holes for ventilation of adhesive as well as for forming “glue-rivets” with cured adhesive, and can have slots (grooves) to the holes or boundary of the snow stop to assist in ventilating adhesive solvent. The holes and grooves also can provide for increased physical bonding with the adhesive and hence, roof. The base may be round with the snow-restrainer included in intersecting upstanding members.
1. A snow stop comprising a base member having an underside, and a snow-restraining member connected to a top side of the base member, wherein the snow stop has a series of holes through and grooves in a cross-hatch configuration on the underside of the base member for ventilation of a suitable adhesive so that, when applied to a roof with the adhesive, “glue-rivets” can form in the holes with cured adhesive.
2. The snow stop of claim 1 , wherein the holes are generally evenly spaced and are connected with the grooves, and the grooves extend to the boundary of the snow stop.
3. The snow stop of claim 2 , wherein a brace supports the snow-restraining member.
4. The snow stop of claim 3 , wherein the base, when viewed from a top position, is substantially in a form of a rounded square having a rear linear boundary with a length, two side linear boundaries connected and substantially normal to the rear linear boundary, and a front rounded boundary in a form of a convex arc opposing the rear linear boundary and connected to the two side linear boundaries; the snow-restraining member is substantially parallel to the rear linear boundary of the base, is positioned between the rear linear and front rounded boundaries of the base, and extends substantially a distance equal to the length of the rear linear boundary of the base; and the brace is substantially perpendicular to the rear linear boundary of the base, and extends forward to be connected with the snow-restraining member.
5. The snow stop of claim 1 , wherein a rough or textured surface is also present on the underside surface.
6. The snow stop of claim 1 , which has a ratio of the snow-restraining member to the base member of about 1:2.
7. The snow stop of claim 1 , wherein the base is round and the snow restraining member is included in intersecting, upstanding members at a predetermined angle to each other.
8. The snow stop of claim 7 , wherein said angle is normal.
9. The snow stop of claim 8 , wherein a snow/water/ice relief opening is in each upstanding member.
10. The snow stop of claim 2 , wherein the base is round and the snow restraining member is included in intersecting, upstanding members at a predetermined angle to each other.
11. The snow stop of claim 10 , wherein said angle is normal.
12. The snow stop of claim 11 , wherein a snow water/ice relief opening is in each upstanding member.
13. A snow stop comprising a base member having an underside, and a snow-restraining member connected to a top side of the base member, wherein a series of holes are present through the base and connected with grooves under the base member to provide for ventilation of an adhesive when adhesively applied to a roof and for “glue-rivets” in the holes with cured adhesive, wherein the grooves are in a cross-hatch configuration, and extend to the boundary of the snow stop.
14. The snow Stop of claim 13 , wherein a rough or textured surface is also present on the underside surface.
15. The snow stop of claim 13 , wherein the grooves have trapezoidal shapes when viewed along groove length axes.
16. The snow stop of claim 13 , in combination with and adhesively affixed to a roof.
17. A snow stop comprising a base member and a snow-restraining member connected to a top side of the base member, wherein the base is round and the snow restraining member is included in intersecting, upstanding members in at least one predetermined angle one to another, wherein said upstanding members are at least three in number with convex, circularly bounded outer boundaries that span in uninterrupted arcs, each of which arcs defines a quarter circle, the base having an underside with a plurality of grooves therein.
18. The snow stop of claim 17 , wherein said intersecting is center of the base, and said angle is normal with four of said upstanding members disposed along two planes.
19. The snow stop of claim 17 , wherein a series of holes are present through the base and connected with the grooves under the base member to provide for ventilation of an adhesive when adhesively applied to a roof and for “glue-rivets” in the holes with cured adhesive.