Roofing materials having a water channel and an attachment tab and methods of making and installing thereof
AssigneeBmic LLC
InventorsSoufiane Mohand Kaci, Kevin Peter McGrath, Eric R. Anderson
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
This invention, in embodiments, relates to a roofing material having a top edge, a bottom edge that is opposite to the top edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge that is opposite to the first side edge. The roofing material further includes (i) at least one water channel that extends along the first side edge, from the top edge to the bottom edge of the roofing material, and (ii) at least one attachment tab that is disposed on the first side edge. This invention further relates to a roofing system that includes such a roofing material and a method of installing thereof.
Claims16
A roofing material comprising:
- a top edge;
- a bottom edge that is opposite to the top edge;
- a first side edge;
- a second side edge that is opposite to the first side edge;
- a water channel that extends along the first side edge, from the top edge to the bottom edge of the roofing material;
- and
- a first attachment tab that is disposed on the first side edge at a position that is adjacent to and offset from the bottom edge of the roofing material;
- and
- a second attachment tab that is disposed on the second side edge at a position that is adjacent to and colinear with the bottom edge of the roofing material and opposite to the first attachment tab disposed on the first side edge.
A roofing material comprising:
- a top edge;
- a bottom edge that is opposite to the top edge;
- a first side edge;
- a second side edge that is opposite to the first side edge;
- a water channel that extends along the first side edge, from the top edge to the bottom edge of the roofing material;
- a first attachment tab that is disposed on the first side edge at a position that is adjacent to and offset from the bottom edge of the roofing material;
- and
- a second attachment tab that is disposed on the second side edge at a position that is adjacent to and colinear with the bottom edge of the roofing material.
A roofing system comprising:
- (a) a roofing substrate;
- (b) a first roofing material overlying the roofing substrate, the first roofing material having a top edge, a bottom edge that is opposite to the top edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge that is opposite to the first side edge;
- and
- (c) a second roofing material overlying the first roofing material, the second roofing material having a top edge, a bottom edge that is opposite to the top edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge that is opposite to the first side edge,
- wherein each of the first roofing material and the second roofing material further includes
- (i) a water channel that extends along the first side edge of the respective roofing material, from the top edge to the bottom edge of the respective roofing material, and
- (ii) a first attachment tab that is disposed on the first side edge of the respective roofing material at a position that is adjacent to and offset from the bottom edge of the respective roofing material, and
- (iii) a second attachment tab that is disposed on the second side edge of the respective roofing material at a position that is adjacent to and colinear with the bottom edge of the respective roofing material and opposite to the first attachment tab disposed on the first side edge of the respective roofing material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.