Patent ID: 6962738
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: E04D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An overlapping roofing edge portion adhering tape assembly located in-between and adhering together the overlapping edge portions of other roofing components, said assembly consisting essentially of: a bitumen layer having a length between about 40 inches and about 1000 feet, a width between about 0.25 inches and about 6 inches, and a thickness between about 0.007 inches and about 0.375 inches; the bitumen layer having a first major surface and a second major surface each defined by the length and the width of the bitumen layer; and a release sheet substantially coextensive with the first major surface of the bitumen layer; the release sheet having a first major surface and a second major surface; the first major surface of the release sheet being in contact with the first major surface of the bitumen layer; and the first major surface of the release sheet being separable from the first major surface of the bitumen layer so that the roofing component assembly can be used to adhere a surface of an edge portion of a first roofing component to a surface of an edge portion of a second roofing component with the bitumen layer.