Patent ID: 11927017
Assignee: MILLENNUIM SLATE, LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 16:
17. A method of installing tiles on a roof, which comprises:
providing a sheet material having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface including a hook and loop fastener; securing the lower surface of the sheet material to a roof deck;
providing a plurality of roofing tiles, each roofing tile having a width and a front and back face,
wherein strips of hook and loop fasteners are adhered to and extend across at least a portion of the width of each roofing tile, the strips comprising a strip A on an upper portion of the front face at a distance from an upper edge thereof, and strips B and C on an upper and on a lower portion of the back face near upper and lower edges thereof;
providing a plurality of elongate rain diverting devices, each having a front face and a back face with a lower edge, wherein for each elongate rain diverting device, a strip I of hook and loop fasteners, having a width is adhered along the lower edge of the front face of the elongate rain diverting device of the plurality of elongate rain diverting devices, and a strip II of hook and loop fasteners, having a width is adhered along the lower edge of the back face of the elongate rain diverting device,
wherein, once roofing tiles of the plurality of roofing tiles are arranged in a course or row on the roof deck and adhered to the sheet material by way of the strip B of each roofing tile,
positioning an elongate rain diverting device of the plurality of elongate rain diverting devices on the upper portion of the front face of each roofing tile, extending above each roofing tile onto the sheet material, adhering the elongate rain diverting device to each roofing tile by way of the strip II of the elongate rain diverting device being releasably attached to the strip A of each roofing tile,
wherein as each subsequent row of tiles is arranged on the roof deck, partially overlapping an underlying row with an overlying elongate rain diverting device of the plurality of elongate rain diverting devices, releasably attaching each roofing tile to an underlying elongate rain diverting device of the plurality of elongate rain diverting devices by way of the strip C of each roofing tile being releasably attached to the strip I of the underlying elongate rain diverting device, releasably attaching each roofing tile to the sheet material by way of strip B of each roofing tile being releasably attached to the hook and loop fastener on the upper surface of the sheet material, and positioning another elongate rain diverting device of the plurality of elongate rain diverting devices, on the upper portion of the front face of each roofing tile in the subsequent row, extending above each roofing tile onto the sheet material, and across the roof deck, and adhering the elongate rain diverting device to each roofing tile by way of the strip II of the elongate rain diverting device being releasably attached to the strip A of each roofing tile.