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US 5,575,132 AGranted
Shingle installation tool
OwnerRichard H. Garsjoinventor
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A T-Lock shingle installation tool comprises a plate having a hand grip provided therein, a pair of tapered leading insertion edges at a forward end of said plate that are separated by a recessed portion. The plate may taper from back to front, and the insertion edges each may have a knife-like forwardly projecting tapered edge. The plate may be provided with an aperture located near a back edge of the plate with the hand grip being defined between the back edge and the aperture. The method of installing interlocking shingles of the type having a broader weather-exposed section and a narrow leg section for interlocking with adjacent shingles comprises the steps of placing the tool around the leg of a shingle to be installed so as to overlay interlocking portions of such shingle, and slipping the tool beneath interlocking portions of a pair of installed shingles so as to pry up the interlocking portions and inserting the tool and the interlocking portions of the shingle to be installed simultaneously beneath the pried up portions of the installed shingles so as to interlock the shingle being installed with the installed shingles.
A tool for use in installing interlocking roofing shingles which comprises a plate having hand grip means, and insertion means providing a pair of tapered leading insertion edges at a forward end of said plate that are separated by a recessed portion, said edges being spaced far enough apart that the intervening recessed portion can be placed over a locking leg of a first interlocking shingle with said edges straddling the locking leg and with said edges each overlaying one of two locking leg feet of the first interlocking shingle;
A method of installing interlocking shingles of the type having a broader weather-exposed section and a narrow leg section for interlocking with adjacent shingles, said method comprising the steps of:
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