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Ballast block for roofing structures

CA 1282217 C · Owner: Lifetile Corporation · Inventors: Brookhart, George Clinton, Jr.

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A ballast block is disclosed in the form of a planar plate member. The plate member has a top and bottom surface front and rear end portions and oppositely disposed lateral edges. The end portions include a mechanism for preventing substantial uplift and rotational displacement of the block when its end portions are interlinked in overlapping relationship with the corresponding end portions of like ballast blocks.

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  • Granted April 2, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 2, 2008.
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FiledNovember 12, 1986
GrantedApril 2, 1991
Term endedApril 2, 2008
Patent numberCA 1282217 C
Classification (IPC)E04D1/16 +2 more

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19871990199319961999200220052008Application filedNov 12, 1986Patent grantedApril 2, 1991Term endedApril 2, 2008

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