ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,566, issued on Aug. 26.
"Sloped roof heating apparatus and methods of making and use" was invented by Brian T. Casey (Tahoe City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roof ice melt system and method of making and use to reduce or eliminate water from puddling or not running down the ice melt system and off of the roof. One embodiment of the roof for the roof ice melt system can has a slope of between approximately 0.5/12 and approximately 2.5/12. The roof ice melt system has a heating element and heatable cover panel having a a primary heating element cover section, an upper roof contacting section, and an intermediate cover secti...