Insulated, water impermeable roofing system

Claim 1

A factory assembled, insulated, water impermeable, roofing panel for use in a roofing system to insulate the interior of a building from ambient thermal cycling and for insuring water impermeable integrity of a roof or deck portion of the building; said roofing panel being laminated and comprising: a water and vapor impermeable membrane, said membrane comprising a course of water and vapor impermeable material and having one surface thereof operably bondable to a roof deck for insuring water impermeable integrity of a roof or deck portion of the building; an insulation course coextensively overlaying and evenly extending to and meeting the peripheral margins of said course of water and vapor impermeable material, said insulation course serving to isolate said water and vapor impermeable membrane as well as the roof or deck surface to which the membrane is applied from ambient thermal cycling and from exposure to the surrounding environment which may tend to degrade the water and vapor impermeable character of the membrane material, and said insulation course coextensively overlying and evenly extending to and meeting the peripheral margins of said course of water and vapor impermeable material having a vapor permeability greater than the vapor permeability of said course of water and vapor impermeable material such that water vapor trapped within the laminated roofing panel will pass outwardly through said insulation course away from the building and said water and vapor impermeable membrane; and a protective course coextensively overlying and bonded directly to the outer surface of said insulation course and evenly extending to and meeting the peripheral margins of said insulation course, said protective course being resistant to ultra-violet, ozone, temperature and wind degradation and further being substantially water impermeable; said laminated roofing panels composed of a water and vapor impermeable membrane, an insulation course and an overlaying protective course each evenly extending to and meeting adjacent peripheral margins of a juxtaposed course such that said panels are operable to be positioned in a posture mutually juxtaposed but laterally spaced from one another upon a roof or deck portion of a building to form a peripheral zone around each panel and being operable to receive within the peripheral zone thus formed a water and vapor impermeable compound which operably bonds to the roof or deck portion of the building, the peripheral margin of a water and vapor impermeable membrane, the peripheral margin of the insulation course, and the peripheral margin of the protective course to form a water and vapor impermeable barrier across the entire roof deck and concomitantly to form an expansion zone or joint about the peripheral edges of each of the roofing panels.