Hip and ridge liner with shingle retaining tabs or clips
OwnerRonald Carpenterinventor
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Abstract
This invention is a hip and ridge liner for a roof on a building. It is a waterproof and weather proof barrier that is installed on top of a hip line or a ridge line on a roof. Hip and ridge shingles are then installed on top of the hip and ridge liner. Embodiments of this invention include a plurality of external tabs which function to securely retain the hip and ridge shingles and keep them in place for many years. Other embodiments of this invention include a plurality of internal tabs which function to securely retain the hip and ridge shingles and keep them in place for many years. Other embodiments of this invention include a plurality of shingle retaining clips which function to securely retain the hip and ridge shingles and keep them in place for many years.
Claims4
A hip and ridge liner with shingle retaining tabs or clips comprising:
- a base strip;
- a plurality of right external tabs;
- and a plurality of left external tabs, wherein,
- said base strip is a strip, band, belt, ribbon, swathe, or long narrow piece of material or fabric,
- said base strip has a length, a width, a thickness, a longitudinal axis, a longitudinal center, an upper surface, a lower surface, a leading edge, a trailing edge, a left edge, and a right edge,
- said base strip is coated on said upper surface and said lower surface with a roofing compound that renders said base strip waterproof,
- said upper surface of said base strip has a centerline,
- said centerline is a visible solid line, dashed line, or broken line running longitudinally along said longitudinal center of said base strip,
- each of said plurality of right external tabs is a square or rectangular tab or flap of material or fabric extending outward from said right edge of said base strip,
- each of said plurality of right external tabs is an ear member or outward projecting member on said base strip,
- each of said plurality of right external tabs is integral with said base strip and contiguous with said base strip, without any breaks or seams there between,
- each of said plurality of right external tabs has a length, a width, a thickness, an upper surface, a lower surface, a leading edge, a trailing edge, an open edge, and a hinge edge,
- each of said plurality of right external tabs is coated on said upper surface and said lower surface with said roofing compound that renders each of said plurality of right external tabs waterproof,
- each of said plurality of right external tabs is evenly spaced along said length of said base strip,
- each of said plurality of left external tabs is a square or rectangular tab or flap of material or fabric extending outward from said left edge of said base strip,
- each of said plurality of left external tabs is an ear member or outward projecting member on said base strip,
- each of said plurality of left external tabs is integral with said base strip and contiguous with said base strip, without any breaks or seams there between,
- each of said plurality of left external tabs has a length, a width, a thickness, an upper surface, a lower surface, a leading edge, a trailing edge, an open edge, and a hinge edge,
- each of said plurality of left external tabs is coated on said upper surface and said lower surface with said roofing compound that renders each of said plurality of left external tabs waterproof, and
- each of said plurality of left external tabs is evenly spaced along said length of said base strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.