Metal shingle with gutter and interlocking edges

A roofing shingle having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a lower edge, further comprising;

• a trailing side edge folded over toward the top surface of the roofing shingle;
• a leading side edge which is unfolded;
• an S shaped fold spaced apart form the trailing edge fold for receiving an unfolded leading edge of a lateral adjacent shingle;
• said S shaped fold, said trailing edge fold, and the top surface of the roofing shingle between the S shaped fold and the trailing edge fold forming a gutter for guiding water from the top surface of the roofing shingle to a top surface of a lower adjacent similar shingle;
• multiple folds in the roofing shingle at regularly spaced intervals to form the appearance of multiple shingles;
• and
• a plurality of gaps in said lower edge adjacent said multiple folds for allowing water to migrate along said multiple folds and out onto said lower adjacent shingle.

A roofing shingle, comprising:

• a trailing edge;
• a first S shaped fold spaced inwardly from the trailing edge;
• a leading edge adapted for insertion into an S shaped fold of a lateral adjacent shingle;
• a plurality of additional S shaped folds to form an appearance of multiple shingles;
• said trailing edge is folded over for forming a gutter between said trailing edge fold and said first S shaped fold;
• an upper edge folded-over toward a top surface of the roofing shingle;
• and
• a lower edge folded-under toward a bottom surface of the roofing shingle for engagement with an upper edge of a lower adjacent similar shingle.

A roofing system comprising a plurality of shingles in which each shingle has a top surface and a bottom surface extending between an upper edge and a lower edge and between a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, a first one of said shingles having and in which each shingle further has:

• (i) said upper edge folded over said top surface;
• (ii) said lower edge folded under said bottom surface;
• (iii) said first lateral edge folded over toward its said top surface to form one side wall of a gutter with said one side wall extending substantially from the upper edge to the lower edge;
• and
• (iv) an S-shaped fold spaced apart from the one side wall of the gutter to form another sidewall of the gutter extending substantially from the upper edge to the lower edge, ;
• said a first one of said shingles being positioned over a part of a second one of said shingles with the folded over upper edge of the second one of said shingles engaged with the folded under lower edge of the first one of said shingles such that the folded over upper edge of the second one of said shingles underlays the bottom surface of the first one of said shingles and overlays the folded under lower edge of said first one of said shingles, and such that the folded under lower edge of the first one of said shingles overlays the top surface of the second one of said shingles and underlays the folded over upper edge of the second one of said shingles, and further in such a manner that said gutter channels water caught in said gutter onto the top surface of said second one of said shingles;
• and
• wherein the second lateral edge of a third one of said shingles is inserted into the S-shaped fold of said first one of said shingles in such a manner that a portion of said third one of said shingles overlays the gutter of said first one of said shingles while the folded over upper edge of the second one of said shingles underlays both the bottom surface of said third one of said shingles and the gutter of said first one of said shingles such that water migrating around the second lateral edge of the third one of said shingles in the S-shaped fold of the first one of said shingles is caught by the gutter of the first one of said shingles and is channeled by said gutter of the first one of said shingles onto the top surface of the second one of said shingles.

A roofing system, comprising:

• a plurality of a first type of shingle, wherein each of said first type of shingle has;
• a top surface and a bottom surface terminating in opposing upper edge and lower edge and in opposing first lateral edge and second lateral edge;
• said upper edge of the first type of shingle having an upper lip that is folded over said top surface;
• said lower edge of the first type of shingle having a lower lip that is folded under said bottom surface;
• said first lateral edge of the first type of shingle having a first gutter with a first gutter surface between a first side wall and a first S fold, said first S fold extending between said first gutter surface and the top surface;
• said second lateral edge of the first type of shingle having a second gutter side wall and a second S fold, said second S fold extending between said second gutter surface and the top surface;
• and
• a plurality of a second type of shingle, wherein each of said second type of shingle has a top surface and a bottom surface terminating in opposing upper edge and lower edge and in opposing first lateral edge and second lateral edge;
• said upper edge of the second type of shingle having an upper lip that is folded over said top surface;
• said lower edge of the second type of shingle having a lower lip that is folded under said bottom surface;
• said first lateral edge of the second type of shingle having a first tongue portion that extends substantially coplanar with said top surface and said bottom surface;
• and
• said second lateral edge of the second type of shingle having a second tongue portion that extends substantially coplanar with said top surface and said bottom surface, and further wherein:
• said upper lip of the second type of shingle is adapted to engage the upper lip of said first type of shingle that is positioned adjacent said lower lip of said second type of shingle;
• said first tongue portion is adapted to extend over the second side wall and second gutter surface into engagement with the second S fold of said first type of shingle that is positioned adjacent said first tongue portion of said second type of shingle;
• and
• said second tongue portion is adapted to extend over the first side wall and first gutter surface into engagement with a first S fold of said first type of shingle that is positioned adjacent said second tongue portion of said second type of shingle.