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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2009
Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Swarthmore, PA (US);
Gregory F. Jacobs, Oreland, PA (US);
Wayne E. Shaw, Glen Mills, PA (US);
Peter Chihlas, Lansdale, PA (US);
Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Swarthmore, PA (US);
Gregory F. Jacobs, Oreland, PA (US);
Wayne E. Shaw, Glen Mills, PA (US);
Peter Chihlas, Lansdale, PA (US);
Certain Teed Corporation, Valley Forge, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to roofing or siding products. The present invention relates more particularly to roofing or siding products for use with photovoltaic elements, and to photovoltaic systems that include one or more photovoltaic elements joined to a roofing or siding substrate. In one embodiment, a roofing product includes a rigid roofing or siding substrate having a top surface, the top surface having one or more receptor zones thereon, each receptor zone being adapted to receive one or more photovoltaic elements, each receptor zone having a different surfacing than the area of the top surface adjacent to it.