Shingle with reinforcement member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10000929-B2
Application number	US-201715590222-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2017
Priority date	Aug 5, 2005
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

A roofing shingle includes an asphalt-coated sheet and a reinforcement member. The asphalt-coated sheet includes a shingle mat and an asphalt coating applied to the shingle mat. The asphalt-coated sheet has a lower tab portion normally exposed on a roof and an upper headlap portion normally covered-up on a roof. At least a portion of the asphalt-coated sheet is coated with granules. The reinforcement member is adhered to the asphalt-coated sheet along an upper edge of the headlap portion, with the reinforcement member and the headlap portion together providing a nail pull-through value that is greater than an otherwise identical shingle having no such reinforcement material.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A roofing shingle comprising:
an asphalt-coated sheet including a shingle mat and an asphalt coating applied to the shingle mat, the asphalt-coated sheet having a lower tab portion normally exposed on a roof and an upper headlap portion normally covered-up on a roof, wherein at least a portion of the asphalt-coated sheet is coated with granules; and
a reinforcement member adhered to the asphalt-coated sheet along an upper edge of the headlap portion, with the reinforcement member and the headlap portion together providing a nail pull-through value that is greater than an otherwise identical shingle having no such reinforcement material;
wherein the reinforcement member causes a depression in the headlap portion of the asphalt-coated sheet, thereby reducing the thickness of the shingle at the reinforcement member.

2. The roofing shingle of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement member is adhered to a front surface of the headlap portion.

3. The roofing shingle of claim 1 wherein the reinforcement member is adhered to a rear surface of the headlap portion.

4. The roofing shingle of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement member has substantially no granules adhered thereto.

5. The roofing shingle of claim 1 , wherein the asphalt-coated sheet is an overlay sheet, the roofing shingle further comprising an underlay sheet secured to a rear surface of the overlay sheet.

6. The roofing shingle of claim 5 , wherein the reinforcement member is entirely disposed on a single layer portion of the roofing shingle, spaced apart from the underlay sheet.

7. The roofing shingle of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement member and the headlap portion together provide a nail pull-through value that is between about 10 percent greater and about 100 percent greater than an otherwise identical shingle having no such reinforcement material.

8. The roofing shingle of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement member is adhered directly to the asphalt coating of the asphalt-coated sheet.

9. The roofing shingle of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement member comprises a first reinforcement member, the roofing shingle further comprising a second reinforcement member adhered to the asphalt coated sheet at a location spaced apart from the first reinforcement member.

10. The roofing shingle of claim 9 , wherein the second reinforcement member is adhered to the asphalt-coated sheet along a lower edge of the headlap portion.

11. The roofing shingle of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement member is formed from a woven material.

12. The roofing shingle of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement member is formed from a polymeric material.

13. The roofing shingle of claim 1 , wherein the roofing shingle comprises a single layer shingle.

14. The roofing shingle of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement member extends longitudinally from a first end of the asphalt-coated sheet to a second end of the asphalt-coated sheet.

15. The roofing shingle of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement member has a thickness of at least 3.0 mils.

16. The roofing shingle of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement member is attached to the granule coated portion of the asphalt-coated sheet.

17. The roofing shingle of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the reinforcement member is up to about 5.0 mils.

18. A roofing shingle comprising:
an asphalt-coated sheet including a shingle mat and an asphalt coating applied to the shingle mat, the asphalt-coated sheet having a lower tab portion normally exposed on a roof and an upper headlap portion normally covered-up on a roof, wherein at least a portion of the asphalt-coated sheet is coated with granules; and

a reinforcement member having a thickness smaller than a thickness of the asphalt coated sheet and being adhered to and covering an exterior surface of the asphalt-coated sheet along an upper edge of the headlap portion, with the reinforcement member and the headlap portion together providing a nail pull-through value that is greater than an otherwise identical shingle having no such reinforcement material;
wherein the reinforcement member comprises a first reinforcement member, the roofing shingle further comprising a second reinforcement member adhered to the asphalt coated sheet at a location spaced apart from the first reinforcement member, and wherein the second reinforcement member defines a nail zone.

19. A roofing shingle comprising:
an asphalt-coated sheet including a shingle mat and an asphalt coating applied to the shingle mat, the asphalt-coated sheet having a lower tab portion normally exposed on a roof and an upper headlap portion normally covered-up on a roof, wherein at least a portion of the asphalt-coated sheet is coated with granules; and
a reinforcement member having a thickness smaller than a thickness of the asphalt coated sheet and being adhered to a rear surface of the asphalt-coated sheet along an upper edge of the headlap portion, with the reinforcement member and the headlap portion together providing a nail pull-through value that is greater than an otherwise identical shingle having no such reinforcement material;
wherein the reinforcement member is attached directly to the shingle mat, and covered by the asphalt coating.

20. The roofing shingle of claim 19 , wherein the thickness of the reinforcement member is up to about 5.0 mils.

Assignees

• Owens Corning Intellectual Capital Llc

Inventors

• Belt James S
• Elliott Bert W

Classifications

• B32B5/26

  another layer {next to it} also being fibrous or filamentary {(relative arrangement of fibres or filaments of different layers B32B5/12)} · CPC title

• B32B3/06

  for securing layers together; for attaching the product to another member, e.g. to a support {, or to another product, e.g. groove/tongue, interlocking} · CPC title

• Y10T428/24612

  Composite web or sheet · CPC title

• E04D2001/005

  the roofing elements having a granulated surface · CPC title

• B32B2264/10

  Inorganic particles · CPC title