Roof construction with tile drainage means therefor

Claim 1

A BUILDING ROOF CONSTRUCTION SLOPING DOWNWARDLY AND FORWARDLY TOWARD THE EAVES AND COMPRISING A BASIC WATER-RESISTANT COVERING LAYER WHICH IN ITSELF IS OF A CHARACTER AFFORDING NORMAL PROTECTION AGAINST THE ELEMENTS BUT WHICH MAY BE OF UNSATISFACTORY APPEARANCE ESTHETICALLY; AND, POSITIONED THEREON, ADDITIONAL ROOF COVERING STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED PANELS EXTENDING IN TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS INTERSECTING THE DIRECTION OF SLOPE OF THE ROOF, EACH PANEL COMPRISING A WALL OF SUBSTANTIAL VERTICAL DIMENSIONS AND SAID PANELS BEING SPACED APART ALONG THE SLOPE OF THE ROOF LEAVING UNCOVERED INTERVENING AREAS OF SAID BASIC COVERING LAYER; THE SPACING BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE PANELS BEING SUCH THAT, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ANGLE OF SLOPE OF THE ROOF AND THE HEIGHT OF THE PANELS, THE FRONT FACES OF SAID PANELS WILL CONCEAL THE INTERVENING AREAS OF THE UNCOVERED BASIC LAYER FROM VIEW AT NORMAL EYE LEVEL FROM IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING; EACH OF SAID PANELS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF BLOCK UNITS DISPOSED END-TO-END AND EACH PROVIDED WITH SHORT NARROW SUPPORTING FEET AT EACH END PROVIDING A SLIGHTLY RAISED INTERMEDIATE SPAN, PROVIDING A NARROW SLIT BETWEEN THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF THE BLOCK UNIT AND THE BASIC ROOF COVERING LAYER AND EXTENDING HORIZONTALY FOR THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE LATERAL EXTENT OF THE SPAN FOR WATER DRAINAGE, SAID END SUPPORTING FEET RESTING DIRECTLY UPON SAID BASIC LAYER, AND BEDS OF MORTAR APPLED WITHIN PORTIONS OF SAID NARROW SLIT TO SECURE THE BLOCK TO THE BASIC LAYER, SAID SLIT THUS SERVING THE DUAL PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FOR DRAINAGE AND FOR THE ANCHORING OF THE BLOCK WITH THE FEET MAKING DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE BASIC LAYER.