Patent ID: 11939770
Assignee: I.E.L. MANUFACTURING LTD.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 9:
10. A method for installing a shingle and a clip upon a roof, comprising the steps of:
securing a shingle body to a roof, the shingle body having a body front, a rear, a left side, a right side, a top and a bottom, a left part extending from the left side;
forming a hollow location adjacent one of the top and bottom parts of the shingle body that is folded over the front;
adapting the clip to engage with the one of the top and bottom parts of the shingle body that is folded over the front;
forming a seat portion in the clip that, in use, occupies that portion of the hollow that extends beneath the one of the top and bottom parts that is folded over the front; and
a cover portion that, in use, is disposed in overlapping, close-fitting relation to the one of the top and bottom parts that is folded over the front forming a protuberant portion in the clip to define, in use, a snow guard;
positioning the clip such that a seat portion thereof occupies a portion of the hollow location that extends beneath the one of top and bottom parts of the shingle body and that is folded over the front;
disposing the cover in overlapping, close-fitting relation to the one of the top and bottom parts that is folded over the front; and
nailing the clip to the roof.