Michael J Kirk

US Patent:

20070068108, Mar 29, 2007

Filed:

Sep 28, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/237023

Inventors:

Matti Kiik - Richardson TX, US
Larry Reed - Midlothian TX, US
John McCaskill - McKinney TX, US
Michael McLintock - Grapevine TX, US
Michael Bryson - Independence MO, US
Daniel DeJarnette - Tuscaloosa AL, US
Michael Kirk - Tuscaloosa AL, US

International Classification:

E04B 7/02
E04D 1/00

US Classification:

052518000, 052090100

Abstract:

A single layer roofing material having a headlap portion and a tab portion wherein the headlap portion has a color-value gradient or gradation and the tab portion has tabs and openings. The tabs may have a relatively uniform color. Openings between tabs expose the color gradient of the headlap portion when a first sheet of the roofing material is installed over a second sheet on a structure. A plurality of horizontal striations may be used to establish the desired color-value gradient. An illusion of depth or thickness is created when the roofing material is applied to a structure, such as a roof deck. The amount of tone and contrast may be selected to create the desired illusion of depth or thickness. The amount of contrast may be varied depending upon the color selected for each roofing material. The number of horizontal striations and their width may also be varied to provide the desired color-value gradient. Tab color, shape and size may also be varied to enhance the illusion of depth.

US Patent:

20110185668, Aug 4, 2011

Filed:

Feb 2, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/019573

Inventors:

Matti Kiik - Richardson TX, US
Larry Scott Reed - Midlothian 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

Assignee:

BUILDING MATERIALS INVESTMENT CORPORATION - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

E04D 1/00

US Classification:

52518

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.