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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2022
Applicant:
Gaf Energy Llc, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Gabriela Bunea, San Jose, CA (US);
Thierry Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Kuiper, Newark, CA (US);
Evan Wray, Cotati, CA (US);
Brian West, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
GAF Energy LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04D 1/28 (2006.01); H02S 20/25 (2014.01); E04D 1/00 (2006.01); E04D 1/30 (2006.01); B31B 50/86 (2017.01); B31B 70/86 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04D 1/28 (2013.01); E04D 1/2918 (2019.08); E04D 1/30 (2013.01); H02S 20/25 (2014.12); B31B 50/86 (2017.08); B31B 70/86 (2017.08);
Abstract
A roofing shingle includes a head lap and at least one solar cell. The head lap includes at least one handle located between a first end and a second end of the shingle and proximate to a first edge thereof. The at least one handle includes at least one cutout and a gripping portion. The at least one cutout is sized and shaped to receive an external object to facilitate transporting the shingle by a user.