Roof batten or the like

Claim 1

A ROOF BATTEN OR THE LIKE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A GUTTER WITH UPWARDLY EXTENDING SIDES, RETAINER MEANS IN SAID GUTTER, HOLDER MEANS SEPARATED FROM SAID RETAINER MEANS AND ADAPTED TO BE FASTENED TO A ROOF OR THE LIKE AND REACH OVER THE SIDES OF SAID GUTTER AND FRICTIONALLY HOLD SAID RETAINER MEANS AT LEAST AGAINST UPWARD MOVEMENT, THE HOLDER MEANS HAVING MEANS HOLDING DOWN THE RETAINER MEANS WHILE PERMITTING MOVEMENT OF THE RETAINER MEANS IN A DIRECTION ALONG THE GUTTER, AND CAP MEANS FASTENED TO SAID RETAINER MEANS AND ADAPTED TO PRESS SHEET MATERIAL AGAINST SAID HOLDER MEANS, WHEREBY SAID GUTTER AND RETAINER MEANS ARE HELD WITHOUT DIRECT ATTACHMENT TO A ROOF OR THE LIKE AND MAY EXPAND AND CONTACT RELATIVELY UNRESTRAINED WHEN SAID HOLDER MEANS IS AFFIXED TO SAID ROOF OR THE LIKE OUTSIDE OF SAID GUTTER, SAID GUTTER AND CAP MEANS ADAPTED TO EXTEND FOR THE LENGTH OF A SEAM ON A ROOF OR THE LIKE AND COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED SECTIONS IN LAP RELATION AT THE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF ADJOINING SECTIONS, SAID RETAINER AND HOLDER MEANS BEING SHORTER THAN SAID GUTTER AND A IN LONGITUDINALLY SPACED ARRANGEMENT ALONG SAID GUTTER AND CAP MEANS SECTIONS, EACH HOLDER MEANS FOR EACH RETAINER MEANS ADAPTED TO BE FASTENED ON THE OUTSIDE OF OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID GUTTER AND TO REACH INTO SAID GUTTER TO ENGAGE SAID RETAINER MEANS, AND FASTENER MEANS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID CAP MEANS AND SAID RETAINER MEANS.