Shingle with reinforcement member

A roofing shingle comprising:

• an overlay sheet including a headlap portion and a tab portion;
• an underlay sheet secured to a bottom surface of the overlay sheet such that a region of the underlay sheet overlaps a region of the headlap portion of the overlay sheet;
• and
• a reinforcement material secured to a top surface of the headlap portion, wherein the reinforcement material is configured to improve nail pull-through, wherein the reinforcement material has a height, wherein the overlapping regions of the underlay sheet and the headlap portion of the overlay sheet have a height, wherein the ratio of the height of the overlapping regions to the height of the reinforcement material is in a range of from about 70% to about 100%.

A roofing shingle comprising:

• an overlay sheet including a headlap portion and a tab portion, the tab portion including a plurality of cutouts, the plurality of cutouts having an upper edge;
• an underlay sheet secured to a bottom surface of the overlay sheet such that a region of the underlay sheet overlaps a region of the headlap portion of the overlay sheet;
• and
• a reinforcement material secured to a top surface of the headlap portion, the reinforcement material is configured to improve nail pull-through, wherein the reinforcement material has a lower edge, wherein the distance from the upper edge of the plurality of the cutouts to the lower edge of the reinforcement material is about 0.25 inches or less.