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US 4,084,365 AGranted
One-piece roofing tile
OwnerJohn Cecil Readinventor
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Abstract
A roofing tile of the simulated Spanish or mission type comprises a thin sheet of material formed to define a double convoluted panel having an upslope end with an upturned locking flange and groove at the upslope end and a downturned locking groove and flange at the down slope end, and locking lip and overhang on opposite side edges of the roofing tile.
Claims6
A one piece roofing tile structure comprising:
- a relatively thin sheet material shaped to define a double convoluted panel having an upslope end defined by an upturned vertically extending flange of said sheet, a downslope end spaced from the upslope end defined by a downturned flange, and generally parallel first and second side edges,
- one of said side edges defined by an overlapping overhang defined by a return fold of said sheet material and a vertical support wall defined by a downward fold of said sheet material defining a locking channel therebetween, and connecting flange on the foot of said wall extending outwardly at a right angle to said wall,
- the other of said side edges defining locking means for engaging into a locking channel of an adjacent tile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.