Building Materials Investment Corporation

Elk Premium Building Products, Inc.

Darrell R Heine

Matti Kiik

Paul G Wilson

Louis T Hahn

John J Andrews

Daniel Lavietes

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a multi-layer nonwoven fiber material, and related methods of manufacturing the material. In one exemplary embodiment, the fiber material includes a first layer of directionally aligned fibers together with a second layer of randomly dispersed fibers dispersed over the first layer. Consistent with one exemplary method for manufacturing a nonwoven fiber material, the method includes dispersing a first plurality of fibers horizontally in one or more predetermined directions, as well as dispersing a second plurality of fibers horizontally in random directions. In such an embodiment, the second plurality of fibers is dispersed over the first plurality of fibers. Moreover, an exemplary embodiment of a roofing shingle employing a nonwoven fiber material as described herein is as disclosed.

Method of manufacturing a multiple layer directionally oriented nonwoven fiber material

Multiple layer directionally oriented nonwoven fiber material and methods of manufacturing same

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Red Oak, TX, United States of America

Darrell R Heine