Simulated thatched roofing
OwnerDelicia M. Butlerinventor
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Abstract
There is disclosed a simulated thatched roofing which closely approximates the appearance and durability of thatched roofs. The roof structure includes a supporting roof structure formed of a roof frame and a base underlayment and a natural or synthetic fiber outer covering laid thereover which is formed of a base sheet, which can be woven or unwoven fabric, with or without a laminated layer of a synthetic resin, or can be a layer of a natural or synthetic resin in which a plurality of discontinuous loops of a synthetic or natural, raw bast or leaf fiber are embedded. The loops are cut to the ends of the fibers as tufts which are closely spaced across the entire surface of the roof covering, and which simulate the cut ends of reeds used in traditional roof thatching.
Claims22
A simulated thatched roof formed of:
- (a) a supporting roof structure including a roof frame and base underlayment;
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- (b) an outer covering having a thickness from 0.25 to 3 inches and laid over said frame and base underlayment and comprising:
- (i) a base layer formed of a sheet of non-fibrous natural or synthetic plastic;
- (ii) a plurality of tufts of a natural or synthetic fiber with cut ends exposed to form a cut pile surface and anchored into said base layer and passing upwardly, substantially perpendicular thereto to provide a continuous cut pile surface of exposed cut fiber ends, simulating the appearance of natural reed roof thatching.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.