Patent ID: 7281358

Claim:
A roofing shingle for disposition aside like shingles in overlapping courses on the top of a structure for protecting the structure, the shingle comprising: (a) a generally rectangular, asphaltic body including a front side, a back side, a pair of spaced-apart side edges, and spaced-apart top and bottom edges; (b) a corrugated-piece of backing material sized to span from one edge generally adjacent one of the spaced-apart side edges of the shingle body to another edge generally adjacent the other of the spaced-apart side edges of the shingle body, the backing material covering a portion of the back side of the body; and (c) an adhesive between the backing material and the body, wherein the adhesive is applied to the top of the front side of the body and the corrugated material is folded over the top edge to cover the portion of the back side of the body.