Patent ID: 7870700

Claim:
A pan tile for use in a roofing assembly which includes a plurality of exposed roof tiles, said pan tile comprising: a base and two oppositely disposed side segments extending continuously along a length of said base from a leading end to a trailing end of said pan tile, said base and said side segments integrally formed with one another from a moldable material, said base having a planar configuration and a substantially uniform transverse dimension along its length, said base disposed in confronting relation with an underlying support, each of said side segments having a planar configuration extending outwardly from said base at a substantially common, obtuse angle, each of said side segments including a greater transverse dimension at said leading end than said trailing end, each of said side segment further including a continuously decreasing transverse dimension and a collectively converging configuration from said leading end to said trailing end to define said leading end having a greater transverse dimension and height than said trailing end, and said base and said side segments structured to be disposed in underlying relation to at least one of the plurality of exposed roof tiles.