Patent ID: 8156704

Claim:
A bundle of laminated roofing shingles comprising: a plurality of laminated roofing shingles having an overlay sheet laminated with an underlay sheet, the overlay sheet having a tab portion with cutouts normally exposed on a roof and a headlap portion normally covered-up on a roof, the headlap portion having a lower zone adjacent the tab portion and an upper zone adjacent the lower zone, the lower zone defining a groove having substantially no granules adhered thereto, the bundle defining a central area that substantially encompasses the lower zones of the stacked shingles; wherein each laminated roofing shingle has a reinforcement member adhered to the lower zone of the headlap portion; wherein the laminated roofing shingles are stacked such that every other of the laminated roofing shingles is inverted and turned 180 degrees relative to an adjacent laminated roofing shingle, and wherein the laminated roofing shingles are double-layered, wherein the lack of granules in the lower zones of the stacked laminated roofing shingles results in the central area of the bundle having a height substantially identical to a height of a remainder of the bundle outside of the central area.