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Abstract

A one-piece, lightweight snow guard is made of clear plastic. The snow guard includes a base having a bottom and a top, a plate having a front wall and a back wall and extending upward from the top of the base, and support members having first edges connected to the top of the base and second edges connected to the front or back wall of the plate. The snow guard is preferably made of polycarbonate. The bottom of the base is connected to a roof using an adhesive. Preferably, the base includes lower side portions, a raised middle portion and upward and inward sloping portions connecting the middle portion to the side portions. The middle and sloping portions define a region for receiving a roof rib. Breakaway baffles extend from the bottom of the middle portion for retaining adhesive underneath the base. The baffles break away before adhesive application when the base is positioned over a rib. The bottom surfaces of the side portions include multiple spaced vents for venting gases through molecular interstices and for increasing physical interengagement of adhesive-bonded surface area. Preferably, the snow guard includes three support members. A first support member projects from an approximate middle of the base and extends from the front wall of the plate toward a front of the base. Second and third support members are positioned about a quarter of the way in from opposite side edges of the base and extend rearward from the back wall of the plate.

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