Patent ID: 6457290
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
A laminated shingle, comprising:an overlay member having a front surface, a rear surface, an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion including one or more tabs separated by cutouts, each cutout including a pair of spaced apart vertical edges extending from a lower boundary of the upper portion of the overlay member to a lower edge of the lower portion of the overlay member, each cutout also including an upper edge extending between the pair of vertical edges, and an underlay member having a front surface attached to the rear surface of the overlay member, the underlay member including a layer of granules on the front surface to form at least one vertically-oriented, generally elongated shading area having a vertically oriented longitudinal axis being substantially parallel to a vertical axis of the underlay member, the vertically-oriented shading area being darker in appearance than a remainder of the underlay member, wherein the vertically-oriented longitudinal axis of the at least one vertically-oriented shading area of the underlay member is generally collinear with at least one of the pair of edges of at least one cutout of the overlay member, thereby exposing, within a cutout, a portion of the vertically-oriented shading area of the underlay member.