Roofing shingle with enhanced shadowline appearance
AssigneeCertainTeed Corporation
InventorsRobert L. JENKINS, Gregory F. JACOBS
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Abstract
A roofing shingle may include a shingle body having a buttlap portion with a butt edge and a headlap portion. An exposure zone may extend from the butt edge toward the headlap portion and may be configured to be exposed to the environment when the roofing shingle is installed on a roof. The butt edge may be variegated and may include at least one tab. A first shadowline may be on at least a portion of the at least one tab. A second shadowline may be in the exposure zone. The first and second shadowlines may differ from each other in at least one aspect.
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A roofing shingle, comprising:
- a shingle body having a buttlap portion with a butt edge, a headlap portion, an exposure zone extending from the butt edge toward the headlap portion that is configured to be exposed to the environment when the roofing shingle is installed on a roof;
- wherein
- the butt edge is variegated and includes at least one tab;
- a first shadowline on at least a portion of the at least one tab;
- a second shadowline in the exposure zone;
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- the first and second shadowlines differ from each other in at least one aspect.
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An array of roofing shingles having a first course underlying a second course on a roof, each roofing shingle comprising:
- a shingle body having a buttlap portion with a butt edge, a headlap portion, an exposure zone extending from the butt edge toward the headlap portion that is exposed to the environment;
- wherein
- the butt edge is variegated and includes at least one tab;
- a first shadowline on at least a portion of the at least one tab;
- a second shadowline in the exposure zone;
- the first and second shadowlines differ from each other in color;
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- the second shadowline of the first course at least partially underlies the at least one tab of the second course, such that the second shadowline is at least partially exposed even when at least partially covered by the at least one tab of the second course.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.