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US 4,226,070 AGranted
Synthetic Spanish or Mission tile roofing system
OwnerRobert C. Aragoninventor
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Abstract
A roofing system having the appearance of Spanish or Mission tile made of fiberglass, with an interlocking overlapping means, which may be secured by conventional means such as nails or adhesives to new roofing structure or over existing roofing.
Claims1
A synthetic spanish tile roofing system said system comprising:
- a panel having one or more rows having alternate arcuate sections and flat sections and on its lower edge of said panel, its entire length, having a lip protruding downward and on its upper edge, its entire length having a lip protruding upward, and the panels ending on one end with an arcuate section and on the other end a flat section and the end of said panel, having a flat section, having a lip upward the entire length of the end, and the alternate arcuate and flat sections of the panel being dimensioned similar to Spanish tile;
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- a bird stop having a mounting lip its entire length on its bottom edge, and the top edge having an alternate arcuate sections and flat sections configuration to mate with the alternate arcuate sections and flat sections of the said panel, and the bird stop having a protruding lip along the entire upper edge which engages the downward protruding lip of a lowest panel installed on a roof, and
- a hip cap section having an arcuate crossection and a plurality of false lips appearing as the ends of tile and the lower end having a lip protruding downward and the upper end having a lip protruding upward so that the lower end of one hip cap section overlaps the upper end of the adjoining hip cap section, and
- a ridge row cap having a plurality of alternating arcuate sections and flat sections, dimensioned to mateably fit the alternating arcuate sections and flat sections of the aforesaid panel, and having an arcuate section whose axis is normal to the arcuate and flat sections of the ridge row cap, said ridge row cap being used in pairs so that the arcuate sections normal to the arcuate and flat sections of the ridge row cap overlap at the ridge row;
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- said panel, bird stop, ridgerow cap and hip cap are made of fiberglass material of sufficient strength and thickness for roofing material, and being impregnated with pigment or painted to appear as Spanish tile.
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