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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2011
Matti Kiik, Richardson, TX (US);
Larry Scott Reed, Midlothian, TX (US);
John Richie Mccaskill, Jr., McKinney, TX (US);
Michael Allen Mclintock, Grapevine, TX (US);
Michael L. Bryson, Independence, MO (US);
Daniel Coleman Dejarnette, Tuscaloosa, AL (US);
Michael Scott Kirk, Tuscaloosa, AL (US);
Matti Kiik, Richardson, TX (US);
Larry Scott Reed, Midlothian, TX (US);
John Richie McCaskill, Jr., McKinney, TX (US);
Michael Allen McLintock, Grapevine, TX (US);
Michael L. Bryson, Independence, MO (US);
Daniel Coleman DeJarnette, Tuscaloosa, AL (US);
Michael Scott Kirk, Tuscaloosa, AL (US);
Building Materials Investment Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A roofing system comprising laminated roofing shingles having a reduced-width headlap portion and a buttlap portion, wherein the roofing system comprises a plurality of courses, and wherein a trailing edge of a subsequently installed shingle in a course overlaps the leading edge of an adjacent previously installed shingle in the same course. The reduced-width headlap portion of the roofing shingles has a width that is less than the width of the buttlap portion. The roofing shingle comprises a first and a second shingle sheet and the lateral edges of the first shingle sheet are aligned with the lateral edges of the second sheet.